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Watch For Bundles In Critical Care Coding To Avoid Denials

Published on Tue Jul 14, 2015

Document the reason for critical care and the services your physician offered. Critical care coding is integral to neurosurgery coding. The codes for critical care services are different from the E/M codes. The documentation requirements of the two may also differ. You need to clearly understand which service is categorized as 'critical care' and how you can code for the [...]
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