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Published on Fri Jan 18, 2019

Question: One of our physicians admitted a patient to the hospital at 11:30 a.m., and later that day another pulmonologist from our group discharged the patient (at 4:30 p.m.) The admitting physician wants to bill a 99223 and the discharge physician wants to bill a 99217. Which code(s) should each physician report? Codify Subscriber Answer: The answer to your question [...]
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