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Guarantee Correct Critical Care Coding With This Quick Reference Chart

Don't limit yourself t basic E/M codes

Make reporting critical care easy with this simple chart. Check your physician's documented total critical care time per date of service to choose the correct units of 99291 and 99292.

For critical care time lasting beyond the examples listed here, simply add one unit of 99292 for each additional 30 minutes, in the same manner illustrated in the chart.
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