Pediatric Coding Alert
Stop Mixing Up Critical Care Services By Answering These Questions
Published on Sun Jun 28, 2009
This flow chart solves location, transport, age dilemmas to land you on the right code. Your heart doesnt have to skip a beat when coding critical care encounters provided you have these answers, which will take you to 99291 and +99292 or 99468-99476.
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