daniel
True Blue
I was thinking, you know how in the office setting a physician can use a preventive E/M w/a Problem oriented E/M when that type of service is warrented.
Well, when a physician in the inpatient setting is doing Critical Care to a patient and the patient Expires during that encounter.
Why can't we use the Criitical Care CPT Code in addition to the Discharge management CPT code with modifier 25. They are two different distinct E/M.
Can someone clear this up for me.
I read in the Medicare Guidelines that a Subsequent visit can't be billed with a discharge management code. And that makes sense, but they say subsequent E/M not Critical Care.
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Daniel, CPC
Well, when a physician in the inpatient setting is doing Critical Care to a patient and the patient Expires during that encounter.
Why can't we use the Criitical Care CPT Code in addition to the Discharge management CPT code with modifier 25. They are two different distinct E/M.
Can someone clear this up for me.
I read in the Medicare Guidelines that a Subsequent visit can't be billed with a discharge management code. And that makes sense, but they say subsequent E/M not Critical Care.
Help, Help
Daniel, CPC