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Which E/M Code Applies When ED Patient Becomes Inpatient?
Published on Tue Apr 17, 2018
Question: We saw a patient in the ED for a possible broken bone following a car accident. The ED physician diagnosed a fracture and a collapsed lung, and immediately arranged for the patient to be admitted to the hospital by a pulmonologist for treatment. Once the patient was admitted and in his inpatient bed, the ED physician examined an additional [...]