A patient is placed on a ventilator as a result of a closed head injury with loss of consciousness due to a car accident. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes for physician management on the initial and three subsequent days while the patient is in the hospital.

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For the initial day of ventilator management in the hospital, CPT code 94002 is used, and for subsequent days, 94003 is used. The ICD-10-CM code S06.0x9A represents a closed head injury with loss of consciousness, appropriate for the scenario described.

A Patient Is Placed on a Ventilator as a Result