Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
Choose 99235 for Physician Who Examines Patient
Question: Dr. Smith was on-call and admitted a patient to the hospital. On the same day, our neurologist (Dr. Jones) took over as the on-call physician. He saw the patient and discharged her that day. Because we admitted and discharged the patient on the same day, which physician should report 99235? Answer: Because Dr. Jones saw the patient and Dr. Smith did not, only Dr. Jones should bill 99235 (Observation or inpatient hospital care, for the evaluation and management of a patient including admission and discharge on the same date ...).
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You can report 99235 only if the physician actually sees and examines the patient. Because Dr. Smith only admitted the patient, he cannot report the E/M code.
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