1. The Medical Decision Making that is a base minimum for critical care is indicative of some vital organ system failure (CNS, cardiometabolic, pulmonary, etc.). The medical decision making that is to be documented in the record to support such is

2. The 99291 code time is billable

3. The NPP sees a patient at 0645 and delivers 22 minutes of critical care. The physician sees the patient at 0730 and delivers care of 19 minutes that they also feel merits critical care.  On evening rounds, the physician delivers critical care for 10 minutes.  The amount of critical care billable for today is

4. The following visits CAN be shared with a physician (select each correct answer):

5. A person in the ICU is on a ventilator with vasopressors and meets MDM for critical care. You perform ventilator management of 20 minutes today.  True statements about ventilator management in the context of critical care include

6. You are caring for a Medicare patient on the floor and the MDM meets “high” but not critical care status. Your history is well documented, and you document 55 minutes of time spent. Later today, the family is gathering, and they want to get a follow-up on the patient’s care who is competent and a part of the family meeting.  You spend 37 minutes additionally speaking to the family covering test results, the plan of care, risks/benefits of decisions and expected outcomes for this stay.  You can bill

7. The discharge day of care is billable, and the time calculation covers all of the following (select each correct answer)

8. A NPP makes rounds on a patient and spends 12 minutes in clinical care delivery. The Attending Physician she works with makes rounds 4 hours later the same day and spends 26 minutes and wishes to bill based on time for the day’s work. The Attending documented a note with low MDM based on E&M documentation.  Both NPP and physician noted their time.  He can optimally bill

9. Correct statements pertaining to the day of discharge from an inpatient hospital stay includes (choose all that are correct):

10. Time is one mode of billing a patient for care. The following tasks can be counted for the total time performed by the billing provider EXCEPT: