Critical care is a complex service provided to a patient who has vital organ failure or to prevent further life threatening deterioration of the … [Read more...]
Coding Critical Care Services
Recorded January 17, 2019 In the 2018 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing report, critical care services had a 19.7% error rate, and within those … [Read more...]
Critical Care Services
Critical care has high relative value units and payments so it's important to know the coding rules. This article describes what can be included in … [Read more...]
CPT® and CMS rules for critical care | What’s the difference?
There are some significant differences in critical care rules as described in CPT® and in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual.1 This makes it … [Read more...]
Critical Care for General Surgery and Trauma Surgeons
Critical care provided as a stand alone service is based on the seriousness of the patient, the types of interventions, and time Critical care … [Read more...]