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    Wiki Chronic Vent Management? Physician Fee?

    If the patient arrives with a current chronic vent, can the hospitalist bill for 94002 vent management, initial day? We can find information it cannot be billed with an E/M, but for the initial day, does the provider also need to initiate the pressure or volume in order to code? No luck with any...
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    Wiki Trilogy device

    Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone had any input on coding the use of Trilogy devices as a form of mechanical ventilation. My CDI team feels that we should be using the mechanical ventilation codes on patients with respiratory failure that are put on a Trilogy device during their stay. I...
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