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CPT® 99485, Under Pediatric Critical Care Patient Transport

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 99485 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Pediatric Critical Care Patient Transport.

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The provider supervises the transport of a critically ill or injured child 24 months of age or younger between facilities for up to 30 minutes. He communicates with the transport team before transport, during transport, and upon arrival at the receiving facility. He interprets patient data relayed by the transport team.

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Pediatric Critical Care Patient Transport 99485, 99486 99485 99486 communication supervision transport
Good morning. Can anyone tell me what place of service would be reported with 99485 and 99486? Since the physician is providing supervision to the transport team via two way communication, would the P... [ Read More ]
99485 & 99486
[b]99485 & 99485[/b] [QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 372366, member: 30657"]To bill a timed service you must have a minimum of one half plus 1 minute of the required time before it can be billed. So for a... [ Read More ]
99485 & 99486 16-45 99485 99486 non-face-to-face physician
HELP...I have contacted the AAPC and the AMA regarding this and I still can't get an answer. In the 2016 CPT Professional Edition by the AMA on page 43 left column about half way down it states "Code... [ Read More ]
Newborn Critical Care transport
If the OB/GYN requested, attendance at delivery would be charged (not reported if the physician was only there due to hospital policy). You must have 30 minutes or more of documented critical care tim... [ Read More ]
Newborn Critical Care transport
Hello, Can you please provide me with a specific example so as to aid in the selection of the correct cpt code(s)? Thanks. Ann :) [QUOTE="volleyball246@hotmail.com, post: 332778, member: 225827"]... [ Read More ]
Newborn Critical Care transport
Good afternoon, I work at a community health center and we have Internal medicine, Family practice, OB/GYN and Pediatrics. I am not yet specialized in pediatrics. I had a pediatric provider ask me... [ Read More ]
Pediatric Critical Care Transport
If our PICU physician is supervising the transport (99485) and then taking care of that patient when they arrive can we also bill the critical care codes (99468-99472)? The transport code states do no... [ Read More ]
Transfering Care
[b]Transfer Care Codes are. . .[/b] 99466-99486. Make sure and read your guidelines carefully. They are time based. Plus, 99485 - 99486 are for supervision by the control physician.... [ Read More ]
Preventive Services
Additional information would be nice, but may be you can figure out from what you have as office medical records to see if these codes work for you. 96040 Medical genetics and genetic counseling se... [ Read More ]
pediatric critical care transport
Anyone use those new codes 99485-99486 for ped critical transport? If so, did you bill anything else on that day and are you getting paid for it? Thank you! Kathy Orozco, CPC... [ Read More ]
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