Mr. trumph loses his yacht in a poker game and experiences a sudden onset of chest pain which radiates down his left arm. the pa
ramedics are called to the casino he owns in atlantic city to stabilize him and transport him to the hospital. dr. h. art is in the er to direct the activities of the paramedics. he spends 30 minutes in two-way communication directing the care of mr. trumph. when ems reached the hospital emergency department, mr. trumph is in full arrest with torsades de pointes (ventricular tachycardia). dr. h. art spends another hour stabilizing the patient and performing cpr. the time the provider spent on cpr was 15 minutes. what are the appropriate procedure codes for this encounter?
The codes used are part of the CPT® coding system. To report that more than one hour has been spent stabilizing the patient should be used code 99291, this code is used in any situation that requires critical medical care. The patient underwent CPR, this procedure is not part of the critical care so one more code should be reported, in which case the code used should be 92950.
