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Published on Wed Feb 20, 2019

Question: I am new to coding. Can you help me understand what constitutes as critical care? Also, I once read that there is a specific list of services bundled into 99291, but I don’t remember what they are. New Mexico Subscriber Answer: Critical care, codes 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first [...]
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