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I am confused about billing in or outpatient codes with ER Consult or NP Visits. I know that coding material that I have read says to bill as an OP if you see the patient in the ER, but many of our patients are in the process of being admitted. Many times they are being admitted by another physician so they end up to be an inpatient. Our doctors often see patients in the emergency who are going to be admitted by another physician because of the overcrowding, and we do not have an immediate bed available. Also, I have found that when I bill an outpatient code for a patient that ends up to be admitted many insurance companies do not recognize the place of service 22 or 23 with the outpatient NP Consult or NP visit codes. They keep trying to get me to bill a ER visit code, which is usually billed the the ER doctors.
I would appreciate any thoughts.
Thanks,
De
I would appreciate any thoughts.
Thanks,
De