Hello, Can a Consulting physician who see's a patient in Observation bill for a subsequent visit the next day using Observation subsequent visit codes? He is NOT the admitting physician? I am getting conflicting answers...Thanks!
What if the providers are in the same practice? Same TIN?the rule is only the physcian admitting the pt into obs status can bill the obs initial code; I coded/billed rounding and I only have had issues with getting Medicaid plans to pay sub obs codes. When this happens, they get changed to outpt codes.