desertsteph65
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We did a consultation while a pt was in the hospital. We got a letter a couple weeks later stating the patient did not meet the criteria for an in-patient and thus was an observation pt. We changed our billing to reflect observation service instead of in-patient., 99218. We have now received a denial for this code stating that our doctor was not the admitting physician. Should we hjave used 99234 instead?
any help is greatly appreciated.
any help is greatly appreciated.