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CPR, E/M for CHF Patient

Published on Wed Sep 11, 2024

Question: The physician spent 41 minutes treating a patient with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) who was in cardiac arrest. Of those minutes, 15 of them were spent performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the rest were spent providing critical care to this critically ill patient. How should I report this encounter? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: Although the patient was critically ill, and your [...]
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