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Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

Who's Eligible for Critical Care?

Published on Fri Feb 05, 2010

Some examples of patients who might receive neurocritical care E/M services include patients with the following diagnoses: Cerebral vascular occlusion/stroke (434) Hydrocephalus (742.3) Intracerebral hemorrhage (431) Myasthenia gravis crisis (358.01) Spinal cord injury (952) Status migrainosus (346) Status epilepticus (345.3) Subarachnoid hemorrhage (852.1) Traumatic brain injury (V80.01). Caveat: A patient suffering from one of the listed conditions does not necessarily need critical care. The key to critical care patients is the potential for rapid deterioration without immediate physician intervention.
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