Observation Care:
CMS Finds Observation Care Claims Often Lack Appropriate Documentation
Published on Tue Mar 19, 2019
Incorrect coding errors also plague these services. It’s a common occurrence at your oncology practice – the physician assigns the patient to observation status to keep an eye on her condition, and then discharges her the same day. You report 99234 and call it a day, right? Not so fast. That’s the takeaway from a recent CMS report, which indicates [...]
