Intensivist Critical Care Services Test takers should read all test instructions, and complete the Required Information fields (your name, your Organization [enter APP and your work location], and your email address. This test consists of five questions. Please select one best answer for each test question by clicking on the square next to the answer you have selected. This test is not timed; however, the test must be taken in one sitting. When all five questions have been answered, please click on the Submit Test button. Your score, as well as logic-reach reasoning for answers to any test questions that you missed, will be displayed immediately following completion and successful transmission of this test. For technical support for your APP webinar library subscription please call or email: Cari Laplace Webinar Technical Support Administrator BSA Healthcare Phone: 1-561-434-4740 Email: claplace@bsanda.com NameCompany NameEmailTrue or False: Two E/M codes can be billed in one day if an inpatient is seen for an initial encounter and then Critical Care services of 30 minutes or greater are provided to that same patient later on that same day. True FalseQuestion: Documentation of the provision of Critical Care services for 100 minutes on behalf of one intensivist qualifies for application of what code or code sets? 99291 only 99292 only 99291 and 99292 99291, 99292, 99292True or False: Separately billable procedures that are performed by an intensivist do not count towards Critical Care time. True FalseQuestion: One intensivist provides Critical Care services to a Medicare inpatient from 3 pm to 5 pm. On the same day, a second provider of a different specialty provides Critical Care services to the same patient from 4 pm to 6 pm. In this scenario, which of the following is true with regards to billing of Critical Care services provided to a Medicare patient by two providers of different specialties during the same time period. Both providers can bill Critical Care codes 99291 and 99292 provided proper documentation of the time they each provided individually. Both providers can bill Critical Care code 99291 for the time between 4 pm to 5 pm. Neither provider can bill Critical Care codes for the time between 4 pm to 5 pm. Only one provider can count the time between 4 pm and 5 pm to his or her overall Critical Care time. The other provider can bill Critical Care for the time between 5p and 6pm, but is not permitted to bill for time spent on the provision of Critical Care services between 4 pm to 5 pm.Question: Critical Care codes can only be billed if a provider is providing “full attention” to one patient. Which of the following counts towards Critical Care time: Bedside patient care, review of ancillary studies, discussion with family, nursing and other providers about a case, and chart completion. Bedside patient care and billable procedures. Bedside patient care, review of ancillary studies, discussion with family, nursing and other providers about a case, billable procedures, and chart completion. Bedside patient care only.
