ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

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Know When the Critical Care Clock Starts Running

Question: Thank you for your article last month on critical care coding. One question we have is when we should start the clock running to begin tallying critical care time. Is it as soon as the patient walks in? As soon as the doctor starts treating them? Or when they start realizing the care is “critical?” Codify Subscriber Answer: When coding [...]
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