tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 3

Quick Quiz: Critical Care

No one wants to go to the trouble of filing a critical care claim only to have it rejected. Consider these scenarios and ask yourself: Should I report a critical care code in this situation? Compare your responses to those following the scenarios. Scenario 1: The surgeon documents 53 minutes tending to a critically ill patient, during which she performs CPR. In her notes, the physician points out that CPR took 17 minutes, with the rest of the time devoted to critical care services. Scenario 2: The surgeon documents 45 minutes of critical care time, during which...

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