A 60-year-old patient was experiencing chest pain in the emergency department and went into cardiac arrest. CPR was performed on the patient by the ER physician, and the patient was resuscitated. The patient was then admitted to the telemetry unit for further monitoring by the cardiologist on-call. The cardiologist performed a comprehensive history, a detailed examination, and medical decision making of moderate complexity. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes for cardiologist.

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The correct choice is B) 99221, I46.9. Code 99221 represents an initial hospital care service, which is appropriate for the cardiologist's comprehensive history, detailed examination, and medical decision making of moderate complexity upon admitting the patient to the telemetry unit. I46.9 is the ICD-10-CM code for cardiac arrest, unspecified, which is the reason for the patient's admission and treatment by the cardiologist. The other options include codes for CPR and chest pain, which are not relevant to the cardiologist's billing for the described scenario.

A 60-Year-Old Patient Was Experiencing Chest Pain in the Emergency