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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Critical Care Services

Medicare Definition of Critical Care

CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Changes

Critical Care Visits During a Surgical Global Period

Modifier FT is defined as an unrelated E/M visit during a postoperative period, or on the same day as a procedure or another E/M visit. (Report when an E/M visit is furnished within the global period but is unrelated, or when one or more additional E/M visits furnished on the same day are unrelated).

 

Documenting Critical Care



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