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Use Keen Eye, Coding Smarts to Tackle Observation Coding

Published on Fri Oct 22, 2021

Remember different codes for different payers, types of stays. Reporting observation services is a bit more involved than coding for some other evaluation and management (E/M) services, particularly since the rules (and codes) may change depending on how long the patient is there. Further, Medicare and private payers differ on how to code one specific type of observation, so you’ll [...]
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