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Navigate New Intensive Care, Critical Care Transfer Rules

Last month, we told you how CPT® 2013 changes the way you should report neonatal and pediatric critical care, intensive care, and transfers--but several readers wrote with follow-up questions requesting more information for various types of patients. To quell any confusion that you may have regarding the 2013 rules, we've got the following handy chart, which can lead you to the correct code every time.
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