AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 12 (December)

Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Services (December 2006)

December 2006 page 13 Coding Clarification:Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Services The following coding clarifications are provided in response to a previously published article titled "Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Services," which appeared in the July 2006 CPT Assistant (pages 4-6). Question Can emergency department codes be reported in addition to critical care codes? AMA Comment Newly Clarified AMA Comment: The guidelines of CPT 2006 offer clear guidance on this issue. Specifically, the guidelines on page 19 (of the Professional Edition of the codebook) state, "Critical care and other E/M services may be provided to the...

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