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Wiki Admitted/Discharged same day pt ctb

Thread starter SJSCHMIDT91
Start date Dec 11, 2015

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Dec 11, 2015

If a patient is same day for 8 hours or more and in that period ceases to breathe and the doctor does pronounce them(as well as admitting) do you bill 99234-99236? or would you switch to appropriate admit codes being that its not a true discharge? I know that if you have a pt ctb on a subsequent day that you can charge a discharge, I am wondering if the same would hold true for the same day codes.

Thank you,

Sara Schmidt, CPC

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