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Hospital Coding:

Count Days Before Using Subsequent Observation Codes

Published on Tue Sep 20, 2016

If observation stretches into second full day without admit, use these codes. On occasion, a physician might keep a patient in observation for more than two full calendar days. When this occurs, you’ll code the “middle” day with subsequent observation codes. According to Medicare, the decision whether to discharge a patient from the hospital or admit the patient as an [...]
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