tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2001 Issue 1

Understand the Changes to Critical Care Services in CPT 2001 for Proper Reimbursement

CPT has revised the language for critical care and has increased relative value units (RVUs) for 99291 (critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) and 99292 (... each additional 30 minutes). Coders must know what these changes mean and how they will affect coding. My general feeling is that the definition of critical care, as it is spelled out for 2001, is considerably looser than it was for 2000, explains Michael Granovsky, MD, chief financial officer of Greater Washington Emergency Physicians, a five-physician group staffing a 24,000-visit ER in...

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