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Hospital Inpatient or Observation Discharge Services CPT® Code range 99238- 99239

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Hospital Inpatient and Observation Care Services 99238-99239 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 99238- 99239
Section 99238-99239
Hospital Inpatient or Observation Discharge Services
99238
99239
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[QUOTE="bjperry, post: 513804, member: 216638"] Split shared billing by time for inpatient discharge code 99238 and 99239. In the case of billing by time do the split shared guidelines apply to time f... [ Read More ]
Split Shared -New change by cms in 2022
[QUOTE="bjperry, post: 513804, member: 216638"] Split shared billing by time for inpatient discharge code 99238 and 99239. In the case of billing by time do the split shared guidelines apply to time f... [ Read More ]
Split Shared -New change by cms in 2022
Split shared billing by time for inpatient discharge code 99238 and 99239. In the case of billing by time do the split shared guidelines apply to time for discharge codes? Example the APP documents th... [ Read More ]
Modifier 25 with 99223 and 99497
Based on NCCI guidelines, modifier 25 would be appended to CPT 99497 when reported with 99223 when appropriate. For this NCCI edit pair, CPT 99223 is the column 1 code and 99497 is the column 2 code.... [ Read More ]
99462 and 99238 on the same DOS
[QUOTE="Skrepps, post: 506104, member: 702242"] I am new to hospitalist/newborn coding. I have a combined progress note/discharge summary. The hospitalist put up 99462 and 99238 for the same DOS. Is t... [ Read More ]
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If the discharge orders, exam & everything else is there, just not the time, then 99238 is appropriate. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.todayshospitalist.com/Answers-to-your-questions-about-discharge... [ Read More ]
Hospital discharge codes 99238 & 99239
[QUOTE="hlussier, post: 501037, member: 665166"] Hello can someone please tell me what the rehab discharge code would be? [/QUOTE] Do you mean from inpatient rehab? POS 61? Same codes, 99238-99239.... [ Read More ]
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[QUOTE="coop22, post: 453539, member: 227098"] No we are a cardiac surgeons office. We are being denied off other offices under diff NPI's and Diff specialties. To us these are NEW patients. Their ne... [ Read More ]
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Hospital Discharge Day Management (99238-99239) is a face to face service. Here is Medicare info: [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiMyOLKsMLxAhX1IjQIHa... [ Read More ]
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CPT guidelines indicate these services are reported only by the admitting/supervising provider; all other providers should report 99231-99233 or 99251-99255. Medicare and some payers may allow provide... [ Read More ]
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