tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 3

Reader Question: Know When to Add Critical Care Time

Question: When two physicians of the same specialty and group practice provide critical care to the same patient on the same day at different times, I add the times for each physician together (as long as one meets the minimum of 30 min) in order to determine what code(s) to bill. I am being told by another coder that you cannot add the two times together unless one of the physicians has spent a minimum of 60 minutes with the patient, and furthermore, that, if the first physician does NOT see the patient for 60 min, a 99291 would...

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