Coding Critical Care? What You Can’t Bill Separately

August 2, 2009

Although there are some physician services you can report separately from critical care, watch out. There are many services you can’t unbundle from critical care, including:

cardiac output measurements (93561, 93562)
chest x-rays (71010, 71015, 71020)
pulse oximetry (94760, 94761, 94762)
information data stored in computers (such as electrocardiograms, blood pressures, hematologic data, etc.)
blood gasses
gastric intubation (43752, 91105)
temporary transcutaneous pacing
ventilator management (94656, 94675, 94660, 94662)
certain vascular access procedures (36000, 36410, 36415, 36540, 36600)

Is there a dispute about who provided the critical care? How to prove YOUR physician was the one providing critical care. With Jill Young.

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