AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 5 (May)
Choosing the Correct Transport Codes (May 2013)
May 2013 pages 6-7 Choosing the Correct Transport Codes Until recently there was only a single transport code in the CPT code set: code 99288, Physician direction of emergency medical systems (EMS) emergency care, advanced life support, which was added in the CPT code set in 1992. The code was intended to represent the non-face-to-face (NFTF) supervision and/or advice provided by the control physicians of large (usually urban) EMS systems, or the advice given in the field to EMS staff and paramedics by the emergency department physicians. In tandem with the 2013 CPT code set revisions pertaining to CPT...
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