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Same-Day Critical Care and Anesthesia

Published on Thu Mar 17, 2016

Question: Can we charge for critical care and anesthesia on the same day by the same provider? We have intensivists that see patients on the PICU floor and then later on they put the patient under for MRI. I have read the guidelines in the CPT® book for critical care but found nothing about anesthesia. Any help would be appreciated. Virginia [...]
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