Critical Care Time (99291 + 99292 Units)

Critical-care time coding: net minutes (total minus separately-billable procedure time) mapped to 99291 and additional 99292 units.

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Example

Total critical-care minutes: 104
Separately-billable procedure minutes to subtract: 0

Result: 104 net critical-care minutes -> 99291 (first 30-74 min) + 99292 x1 (each additional 30 min).

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What you enter

Total critical-care minutes
Separately-billable procedure minutes to subtract

How this is calculated

AMA CPT 99291 (critical care, first 30-74 minutes) and 99292 (each additional 30 minutes); CMS Pub. 100-04 Ch. 12 30.6.12 (aggregate the day's bedside + unit critical-care time and subtract separately reported procedure time; below 30 minutes is not critical care -- report an E/M instead). Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.