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Know CMS Criteria to Solve Critical Care Conundrums

Published on Tue Sep 25, 2018

Study these scenarios to understand correct care levels. You know that if a patient receives critical care for a life-threatening condition and your documentation meets the critical care standards, you’ll report 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) and possibly +99292 (... each additional 30 minutes (List separately in addition [...]
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