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Wiki Critical Care/Palliative Care

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Is anyone willing to share thoughts or comments about billing for critical care when the encounter involves withdrawl of care in a patient in a terminal state? My thought is this type of service is counter to the definition of critical care.
 
I would agree with you

Withdrawal of life support is definitely not critical care.

In order to use the 99291-99292 codes you must meet BOTH conditions:
1) Patient must be critically ill (a terminal patient probably meets this definition)
2) Care provided must be critical care (i.e. to support organ function critical to life).

I would code the appropriate hospital visit code, with prolonged service if applicable; or discharge codes if provider is present to pronounce the patient.

Hope that helps.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
 
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