tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 4

Reader Question: Report 92950 for Resuscitation

Question: Our surgeon was making rounds at the hospital today when he responded to a "STAT" call for a cardiac arrest patient and performed CPR. She was the roommate of one of our patients, but we had never seen her before. The patient's admitting physician wants to bill his inpatient code for that day, so how do we get reimbursed for responding to the STAT call?Washington, D.C., Subscriber Answer: You should report 92950 (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation [e.g., in cardiac arrest]) for the surgeon's work. This will not interfere in any way with the bill that the patient's...

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