AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 6 (June)

Coding Brief: Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Guideline Revision (June 2018)

June 2018 pages 9-10 Coding Brief: Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Guideline Revision In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 code set, guidelines in the Evaluation and Management/Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care subsection were revised to clarify how these services should be reported when time-based critical care services are provided by multiple individuals. This article provides a brief review of these important changes. Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care The same definitions for critical care services apply for the adult, child, and neonate. Codes 99468, 99469 may be used to.... The initial inpatient neonatal critical care...

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