tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 6

Prolonged Services Codes

+99354 - Prolonged physician service in the office or other outpatient setting requiring direct (face-to-face) patient contact beyond the usual service (e.g., prolonged care and treatment of an acute asthmatic patient in an outpatient setting); first hour (list separately in addition to code for office or other outpatient evaluation and management service)+99355 - ... each additional 30 minutes (list separately in addition to code for prolonged physician service) +99356 - Prolonged physician service in the inpatient setting, requiring direct (face-to-face) patient contact beyond the usual service (e.g., maternal fetal monitoring for high-risk delivery or other physiological monitoring, prolonged...

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