Ch1 - Evaluation and Management "Neonatal Care Services" Section

This is a study on Evaluation and Management Services Chapter 1 using Bk by Carol Buck 2009 The Next Step Advanced Medical Coding

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What is the age of a neonate?
A newborn infant who is 0 to 28 days old.
Codes to report initial services for normal newborns, subsequent E/M of normal newborns, & delivery to provide stabilization &/or resuscitation?
Newborn Care Services 99460-99465
Direct Dr. services during transport of a critically ill, neonatal/pediatric critical care in the hospital setting, and intensive care unit
Inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Services and Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Services 99466-99480
Neonates have a separate set of critical adn intensive care codes. Other codes are used to accurately report the services provided.
Similar to the E/M services Status, location, and place of service are factors that have to be considered.
1st consideration of the Newborn is their?
Status - Normal 99460-99463, Resuscitation 99465, Critically ill 99468-99469 or 99291-99292(pos), ICU (non-critical) 99477-99480 or sub. 99231-99233
2nd consideration to locate the proper code is?
Location - hospital or office or other outpatient
Initial service in the hospital setting normal newborn 99460 (hx & exam) Subsequent 99462 per day
Critical Care Services outpatient setting 99291-99292, same services Inpatient setting 99468-99469
Initial newborn services for outpt. setting 99201-99205 (just as you would any other new patient)
3rd consideration for the proper code is the? Type of Service
If the 1st service was an outpt. preventive medicine service what code would be used?
99381 - Initial comprehensive preventive medicine service provided to an infant (under 1 year).
NCC
Neonatal Critical Care
What is important in the use of inpatient NCC codes?
Is 28 or less days old is critically ill
Codes to use for a critically ill neonate ( 28 days or less of age) is?
99468 & 99469 (Inpatient) or Critical care codes 99291 and 99292 (Outpatient/ER/etc)
What must the medical record contain to use those codes mentioned?
The neonate is in an acute life-threatening situation.
How often can the Inpatient NCC codes be reported?
Once every 24 hours (same day). There are no hourly service codes as there are in other critical care codes.
What if a critically ill infant is older than 28 days and less than 24mo's of age what codes would be used?
Admitted to an intensive care unit use Pediatric Critical Care Service codes 99471-99476, also reported per day codes.