Reader Question: Consider Patient Age For Critical Care Transport

Article Overview

This reader Q&A addresses physician reporting for critical care services delivered while a patient is transported between emergency departments by ambulance or helicopter. It is intended for emergency medicine, critical care, and coding/billing staff who need to understand the general scope of transport-related critical care reporting, how patient age affects the code family involved, and which related procedures may be treated as separate from the transport service. The article also touches on bundled services and time considerations in a broad, non-detailed way.