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Critical Care Strategies:

Get Ready for Increased Audit Activity On Critical Care Time

Published on Mon Mar 18, 2013

Hot spot: Prepayment edits of evaluation and management (E/M) code 99291. Medicare auditors are starting to look more closely at claims for code 99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) with a special focus on the documentation of time spent. Read on to learn the latest. Peruse some of the [...]
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