A patient 5 years of age or younger was admitted to a hospital but becomes

A patient 5 years of age or younger was admitted to a hospital but becomes critically ill and is subsequently transferred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and managed by the same provider group of different specialty. Is it appropriate for the pediatric intensive care physician to report initial inpatient neonatal critical care services (code 99468) or subsequent inpatient neonatal critical care services (code 99476)?

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CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 23, 2015