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May 20, 2025

Coding and Auditing Critical Care Notes | Webinar

Recorded May 8th, 2025

This webinar will review CPT® guidance for reporting critical care, including the condition of the patient, the interventions, and time spent. The webinar will discuss what services may be reported separately from critical care.

Critical Care Services

Definition and Explanation of Critical Care Service Definition: Coding service for caring for a critically ill or injured patient Explanation: 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 the time of critical care what can’t be included, and […]

Coding Guide – Critical Care Services

The CPT® coding rules and the CMS reimbursement rules can be confusing. This guide explains the CPT® coding rules and the CMS reimbursement rules in one place.

CPT® and CMS Rules for Critical Care | What’s the Difference?

CMS and CPT count critical care time differently. CMS issued a “technical correction” in the 2023 PFS Final Rule. They stated that it is their policy that add-on code 99292 can only be reported when critical care time is 104 minutes, not 74 minutes as stated in CPT®. CMS noted they stated this in the […]

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 provided by a surgeon to a patient in a global period for procedures with a 10 or 90 day global period, must also follow the rules for critical care, with the […]

Annual CPT® Changes Webinar

CodingIntel welcomes back Shannon McCall of HCPro for this review of changes that will go into effect January 1st, 2025. Exclusively for members.

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Compliance for Medical Practices

Exclusively for members, this two module concentration includes guidance for developing an audit workplan, and how to locate source citations for common healthcare compliance scenarios.

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IRE Inpatient Determinations: Case Studiesoding for Prolonged Services | Webinar

Exclusively for members, this case-study focused webinar describes important ICD-10-CM Guidelines that establish the rules for these decisions.

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