Critical Care Visits and Neonatal Intensive Care (Codes 99291 - 99292)
This transmittal replaces all previous critical care payment policy language. It includes the American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology definitions of critical care and critical care services. It incorporates general Medicare evaluation and management payment policies that impact payment for critical care services. It also adds a new CPT code for 2008 (36591) which replaces code 36540. Code 36591 identifies a bundled vascular access procedure when performed with a critical care service.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 06, 2008
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