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Emergency Department Coding:

Critical Care Bundles Vary by Age, Code

Published on Wed Mar 26, 2025

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the emergency department (ED) physician provided 52 minutes of critical care for a 3-year-old patient. During the encounter, the physician inserted a non-tunneled central venous catheter. Can I code separately for the catheter insertion? Iowa Subscriber Answer: If the patient were older, you could have reported the central venous catheter. For your patient, however, it’s [...]
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