Wiki Discharge Summary

[joanne71178]

One of the doctors I code for wants me to code a patients Discharge Summary as a Consult: my opinion is this can not be coded as a Consult, it is a Discharge Summary. What is your opinion?

 

[Monika Liddle]

In order to bill for the discharge summary, doesn't the provider have to be the ordering physician or qualified health care professional? If yes, how do you meet the criteria for a consult?

 

[michaelloss]

Bad, bad

The "F Word" would come into play here, Fraud. A discharge is not a consult. Besides, who pays them? either <30 or >30, that is the choice. Must be the physician of record for that DOS, not the admitter who is now on a European vacation, or just home watching the kids.

 

[joanne71178]

This is exactly what I thought. Thank you for the confirmation.