Understanding Critical Care.

The success of emergency medicine is defined by the ability to effectively complete critical interventions on patients who present systemic organ or life-threatening illnesses and/or injuries. Timely interventions have a direct impact on patient outcome.

Understanding critical care is paramount for the financial and compliance success of your organization. Physicians must strike a balance between overreaching in their coding and undervaluing their services. Coders need to be as informed as possible for the sake of their practice.

Get up to speed on critical care. Start by learning the definition of critical care and which services are considered critical care, such as Renal Failure, Hepatic Failure, Metabolic Failure, and more. Memorize what critical care documentation should look like and what “documentation failures,” to watch out for. For your organization to succeed, critical care has to be a team effort where everyone is on board.

Watch this free, on-demand webinar, "Providers And Critical Care: A Potentially Dangerous Love Story," to dive deeper into critical care and learn:

• Definitions of Critical Care – It Makes A Difference
• Documentation Tips and Tricks
• Examples of Critical Care and Non-Critical Care with Case Examples