Critical care of less than 30 minutes total duration on a given calendar date is not reported separately using the critical care codes. This service should be reported using another appropriate E/M code such as subsequent hospital care. Key Points for Billing and Coding Critical Care Services whe...
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NOTE:For the reporting of services provided by hospital outpatient departments, off-site provider departments, and provider-based entities, all references in the code descriptors to “physician” are to be disregarded. Example: A patient reports for pulmonary function testing in the morning and then ...
NURSINGFACILITYSERVICES99304-99306InitialnursingfacilitycarePerdayThreekeycomponentsThesecodesareanexceptiontotheroll-uprule.Thephysicianwhodischargesapatientfromthehospitalorfromobservationandthenadmitsthatsamepatienttothenursingfacilityisallowedtoreportbothcodes. NURSINGFACILITYSERVICES99307-99310Subsequentnursingfacilitycare...
HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PLACEMENT AND 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF MUSCLE STRENGTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF 100 SURVIVORS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME/ACUTE LUNG INJURYAn abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.doi:10.1097/01823246-200418040-00010Archana Vatwani...