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 CPT code for the cardiologist's services is 99221, which represents an initial hospital care service for a new or established patient that likely involved a comprehensive history, a detailed examination, and medical decision making of moderate complexity. The appropriate ICD-10-CM code is I46.9, which represents cardiac arrest, unspecified, as the patient went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. The other codes and combinations in the options do not accurately represent the services provided by the cardiologist or are specific to procedures not mentioned as performed by the cardiologist.

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