According to the NCCI Policy Manual, which respiratory testing procedures are bundled into practitioner ventilation management and critical care services?
An entry in the NCCI Policy Manual states that practitioner ventilation management (CPT codes 94002–94005, 94660, 94662) and critical care (CPT codes 99291, 99292, 99466–99486) include respiratory flow volume loop (94375) and breathing response to hypoxia (94450) testing, if performed. Remember that weaning of the patient from the ventilator is inherent in the daily charge for 94003.
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