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Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert
2014 Newsletter
Reader Question: When Do You Start the Two-Midnight Count?
Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert
Reader Question:
When Do You Start the Two-Midnight Count?
Published on Thu Aug 14, 2014
Question: A patient is seen in the ER and admitted to observation on 6/11/2014 at 1:00 p.m. Patient is also seen as an observation patient on [...]
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