Coral Denham
New
Our OBGYNs are called to the OB department of local hospitals to see patients who are presenting for emergency care related to their pregnancy. If the patient is past their 16th week they bypass the Emergency room and go directly to the OB floor for care. Our physicians are wondering if they should be billing ER CPT codes (99281-99285) because the patients are actually going there for emergency care, or if they would need to bill outpatient visit CPT codes (99211-99215) because the patient is not actually in the Emergency room of the hospital.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Any advise would be appreciated.