Difficult Airway
Our MDA's do intubations/extubations/etc for the reason of "difficult airway" out of the OR (ie: in the ER, the pt room, etc.) and bill as "stand alone" charge, meaning not bundled with other charges. This happens when the ER doc/RT/etc. are unable to intubate or extubate the patient and call the MDA to assist. When these are billed, they are billed with the reason the patient is needing to be intubated, such as respiratory distress, respiratory failure, CHF, cardiac arrest, etc. The typical diagnosis codes that are used are: 427.5, 428.0, 518.81, 786.00 ranges...
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