tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 26

REIMBURSEMENT: Do You Know The Critical Ingredients For A Successful Critical Care Claim?

Test yourself with this sample scenario.Now that you've busted the below two critical care coding myths, see if you can put your knowledge into practice. Take a look at the following situation. Ask yourself how you would code it, and then check your answer against our expert's.Scenario: A patient presents to the hospital with chest pain. The physician conducts 10 minutes of critical care services before the patient goes into cardiac arrest. Your physician performs cardioversion and restores the patient's heartbeat. Then he documents 37 more minutes of critical care that includes conducting tests CPT regards as...

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