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Emergency Procedures:

Check Technique When Coding Endotracheal Intubation

Published on Thu May 11, 2023

Do you know which techniques qualify for 31500? When your ED physician performs endotracheal intubation, there are several different techniques they could use to insert the breathing tube that would qualify for 31500 (Intubation, endotracheal, emergency procedure). The trick is being able to recognize these techniques as 31500-eligible. This takes procedural and clinical knowledge, as well as smarts about what [...]
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