Evaluation And Management
Chapter 2
Section 6.1
Patient Transport
Issue Date: March
11, 2002
Copyright: CPT only © 2006
American Medical Association (or such other date of publication
of CPT).
All Rights Reserved.
Revision:
1.0 CPT PROCEDURE
CODES
99289, 99290
2.0 DESCRIPTION
Patient
transport refers to physician attendance and direct face-to-face
care by a physician during the interfacility transport of a critically
ill or injured patient. Face-to-face care begins when the physician
assumes the primary responsibility of the patient at the referring
hospital/facility and ends when the receiving hospital/facility
accepts responsibility for the patient’s care.
3.0 POLICY
Procedure(s)
or service(s) performed/directed by the physician before and during
transport of a critically ill or injured patient is a covered benefit.
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