CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 6, 2025

The guidelines for the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or Extracorporeal Life Support Services subsection state that "[t]he daily management of the ECMO/ECLS circuit and monitoring parameters (33948, 33949) requires physician oversight to ensure that specific features of the interaction of the circuit with the patient are met." Does this mean that it would not be appropriate to report codes 33948 and 33949 when daily management is performed by a specially trained nurse practitioner (NP)?

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