tci E/M Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q2

Reader Question: Take Time To Add These Multi-Provider Minutes

Question: One of our providers spent 40 minutes treating a critically ill adult patient in a local hospital before returning to the practice. Later that same day, another, different provider from our practice treated the same critically ill patient for 50 minutes. Both providers practice in the same specialty (family practice). What is the correct way to bill for this? Washington Subscriber Answer: If your patient meets the criteria for critical care (a condition that “acutely impairs one or more vital organ systems such that there is a high probability of imminent or life threatening deterioration … [such...

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