tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 30

Part B Coding Coach: Can You Identify Critical Care Without A Doubt? 3 Expert Q&As Will Increase Your Certainty

You shouldn't report 99291 and 99292 just because the patient is in the ICUDo you jump the gun and report critical care codes whenever you see "ICU" or "CCU" on the medical chart? You could be shooting yourself in the foot.Time is crucial to reporting the correct critical care code, but so is the severity of the patient's condition. Before assigning a critical care code - 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) and 99292 (...each additional 30 minutes) - you need to confirm the patient's critical...

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