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When Can You Report 99221 and 99238 Together?

Published on Fri Mar 16, 2018

Question: Can we bill 99221 and 99238 on the same day under any circumstances? For example, the admitting physician saw the patient in the morning (99221). Then, later that afternoon, the admitting physician returned to discharge the patient (99238). Are there any modifiers we can use? Codify Subscriber Answer: No. According to the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits, you cannot [...]
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