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Wiki Use of 99468

Thread starter gail echerd
Start date Apr 19, 2016

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gail echerd

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Apr 19, 2016

A newborn was admitted on 0 day of life to the NICU for intensive services, coded 99477 with subsequent non-critical code for 16 days. On day 17 the baby's status changes to critical. What is the appropriate code? 99468-initial critical care services or 99469 subsequent critical care.

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