AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 7 (July)
Medicine: Cardiovascular (Q&A) (July 2012)
July 2012 page 13 Medicine: Cardiovascular Question: May a physician report CPT code 92950 for chest compressions performed by another member of the clinical team when the physician manages the cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Answer: Yes. If the physician manages the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (and is present face to face), then the physician may report code 92950, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eg, in cardiac arrest). It is not required that the physician performs the actual chest compressions and/or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or bagging in order to report code 92950. It is also appropriate for a physician to report code 92950 with codes 99290 and 99291...
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