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You Can No Longer Report ED Visits With Critical Care Codes
Published on Wed Oct 04, 2017
Even a modifier won't let you separate these edits. It's a common occurrence: The ED physician evaluates a patient by performing a complete E/M service, and then determines that the patient requires critical care services, which he administers. However, the days of billing both an ED E/M code and a critical care code will soon be gone forever. Effective Oct. [...]