A 25-year-old male is brought by EMS to the Emergency Department for nausea and vomiting. Patient has elevated blood sugars and the ED provider is unable to get a history due to patient’s altered mental status. An eight organ system exam is performed and the MDM is high. The patient was stabilized and transferred to ICU. The ED provider documents total critical care time 25 minutes. What CPT® code is reported?

99285

Explanation:

CPT codes are five characters in numbers, there are usually. numeric or alphanumeric on the basis of their category

The CPT are generally important because of their use in reporting of medical procedures and services for processing claims, conducting research, evaluating healthcare utilization, and making  of medical guidelines.

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