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ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

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Code Critical Care and Additional Services When Warranted

Published on Thu Jun 19, 2014

Question: The ED physician spends a total of 115 minutes caring exclusively for a critically injured patient who has suffered a stroke of the carotid artery and an acute anterolateral wall acute myocardial infarction (AMI).  The physician orders rapid sequence intubation to facilitate breathing, and uses a sequence of drugs during the intubation: 5 mg of intravenous Versed and 150 mg [...]
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