Wiki Consult & Discharge in same day

[AmandaW]

I know there are codes for admit and d/c same day but what about when the consulting physician sees a patient that's been in the hospital for a few days-consult on day 3 and then happens to be the one to discharge them that same day??

 

[Lynda Wetter]

What 2 codes are you using?
Are you billing the consult with "subsequesnt hospital care codes"? (99231-99233)

 

[amitkumar_s]

We can bill only discharge CPT i.e. 99238 or 99239 as all services provided on discharge date are included in discharge day cpt .To bill consult cpt (99251-99255) ,pt has to stay 1 full day.