Correction of Split (or Shared) Critical Care Billing Requirement in Section 30.6.12.5. of Chapter 12 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual
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Split (or Shared) Critical Care Visits: Billing Correction
Learn about corrected billing for CPT code 99292 when you deliver critical care as a split (or shared) visit. CMS corrected an error in Section 30.6.12.5 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12 (PDF) to align with current policy. In the third paragraph, we changed the number of cumulative total minutes from 75 to 104.
For more information, see the instruction to your Medicare Administrative Contractor (PDF).