99226 CPT® Code Description, Progress Notes, RVU, Distribution.

This 99226 CPT® lecture reviews the procedure code definition, progress note examples, distribution and RVU values for this new since 2011 subsequent observation care evaluation and management (E/M) code.  CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology.  CPT® 99226 is the highest (level 3) subsequent observation care code in this family of codes that also includes CPT® codes 99224 and 99225.  All three codes are part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS).  Observation care is considered outpatient care.  A patient is considered outpatient until inpatient admission to a healthcare facility occurs.  This procedure code lecture for subsequent observation care is part of a complete series of CPT® lectures written by myself, a board certified internal medicine physician with over ten years of clinical hospitalist experience in a large community hospitalist program. I have written my collection of evaluation and management (E/M) lectures over the years to help physicians and non-physician practitioners (nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants) understand the complex criteria needed to stay compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other third party insurance companies.You can find my entire collection of constantly updated medical billing and coding CPT® lectures together in one place on my Pinterest site (CPT® lectures here and other a...

Source: The Happy Hospitalist - February 5, 2014 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs