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Other Emergency Services CPT® Code range 99288- 99288

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Emergency Department Services 99288-99288 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 99288- 99288
Section 99288-99288
Other Emergency Services
99288
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Am I correct in thinking that the only codes that are allowed to be billed as a Split (or Shared) are codes 99202-99215 (Other Outpatient) , 99217-99226 (Hospital Observation), 99221-99239 (Hospital I... [ Read More ]
Open Sling CPT Code?
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Emergency Room Coding
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99288
[QUOTE="Amy Pritchett, post: 330240, member: 164300"]I use CPT code 99288 when the physician is on the phone with the EMS service and providing guidance on the way to the hospital (i.e. cardiac arrest... [ Read More ]
ED visut for GI Specialist
Can a specialist called in to see a patient in the ED bill for ED Services ( 99281-99288) with POS 23 or do they need to bill for the E&M for outpatient services with POS 22?... [ Read More ]
99288
I use CPT code 99288 when the physician is on the phone with the EMS service and providing guidance on the way to the hospital (i.e. cardiac arrest). There are no documented NCCI edits when coding you... [ Read More ]
99288
CPT code 99288 (Physician direction of emergency medical systems [EMS] emergency care, advanced life support)that describes two-way communications with EMS personnel during transport to the ED but it ... [ Read More ]
Looking for Consult Rules
[b]Consults[/b] Karen, I hope the following helps. You are right about the physician cannot treat the patient in any way, including medications. Otherwise, it is no longer a consult. However, they... [ Read More ]
Pediatric Critical Care Transport
If our PICU physician is supervising the transport (99485) and then taking care of that patient when they arrive can we also bill the critical care codes (99468-99472)? The transport code states do no... [ Read More ]
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