The term critical care refers to what kind of E/M service?
A. The critical care provided by a team of healthcare professionals operating on a unit that is dedicated to the critical care of patients (intensive care)
B. Personalized, continuous care provided for one specific patient whose health has been abruptly damaged by an illness, injury, or disease that simultaneously poses a significant and definite threat to the patient's life
C. Services requiring a longer amount of time to perform than the intraservice time typically allows; may occur in an outpatient or an inpatient setting
D. Healthcare services provided to a newborn infant from birth up to 28 days of age
Question 2
The term prolonged services refers to what kind of E/M service?
A. An E/M service between a physician and an established patient that, unlike any other E/M service, may occur over the phone or via the Internet
B. A set of numeric codes representing E/M services that may be reported only in conjunction with a different E/M service and may never be listed independently
C. An E/M service code that can be used to report a performed service that no other service reflects, reports, or identifies
D. E/M services requiring a longer amount of time to perform than the intraservice time typically allows; may occur in an outpatient or an inpatient setting
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