DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2026 Issue 1 (January)

The case of the PACU boarder: Discover the answer

Your physicians and qualified health care professionals won’t get full payment for critical care services if their documentation falls short or coders miss key elements. During the 2025 Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia, Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow and Laura McNeill, M.D., ABA, ASE, shared a critical care scenario. Read the case, decide which service or services McNeill can report and then check your answer below.

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