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CPT® Check:

Ignore This Code When Reporting Standby Service

Published on Mon Jan 18, 2021

Don’t get tripped up by L&D option. CPT® has only one code in the E/M section representing standby time: 99360 (Standby service, requiring prolonged attendance, each 30 minutes (eg, operative standby, standby for frozen section, for cesarean/high risk delivery, for monitoring EEG)). You should report this code for standby time, provided the situation meets all the criteria. A related code [...]
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