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Make Critical Care Coding Quick and Easy With This Chart

Published on Mon Jun 19, 2006

Less than 30 minutes means no critical care code

Tack this simple chart on your wall to ensure you-re always accurately reporting critical care services. Check the physician's documented total critical care time per date of service to choose the correct units of 99291 and 99292.

For critical care time lasting beyond the examples listed here, simply add one unit of 99292 for each additional 30 minutes, in the same manner illustrated in the chart.
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