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ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

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Know How to Report CPR

Published on Tue Jun 06, 2017

Question: We had a patient go into cardiac arrest in our ED waiting room. The physician performed CPR and resuscitated the patient, who was then admitted to critical care. Can we report the CPR or is it included in the critical care? Codify Subscriber Answer: When clinicians in the ED perform CPR, you’ll typically report 92950 (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation [e.g., in cardiac arrest]). [...]
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