tci Part B Insider - 2021 Issue Q2

Reader Question: Know the Settings Where Critical Care Can Be Reported

Question: Our physicians often perform critical care (99291-+99292) when they do rounds in the intensive care unit, but we are curious about whether we can bill these codes for services performed in a standard hospital room or in the office. Is that something we can bill with 99291? Maryland Subscriber Answer: Yes, you can report 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) in the outpatient setting, as long as you meet the requirements of the code. The provider must be directly delivering medical care for a critically ill or...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.