tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2013 Issue 7

Reader Question: Bill Critical Care Under One TIN

Question: Our ED physician saw a patient in the morning for a critical care service. Later the same day, a different physician, who was on-call, saw the same patient for critical care services. I know that I should add up the interspersed critical care time blocks if the same physician provided the services for each episode. But how should I bill when one doctor signs off to another physician from the same ED groupand this second doctor tends to the patient for subsequent episodes of critical care on the same date of service? The total time between the two...

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