Hi there,
We bill for the NICU unit and pediatric physicians in a hospital. The NICU docs have indicated they discharged a baby out of the NICU into the care of the pediatric doc. They billed a 99238 on the day this did this discharge (transfer of care). Now the pediatric doc is trying to bill a discharge on the next day, when he discharged the newborn from the hospital.
Does transfer of care qualify as a discharge? I am confused on what to do in this situation..
Thank you for any light you can shine on the situation...
We bill for the NICU unit and pediatric physicians in a hospital. The NICU docs have indicated they discharged a baby out of the NICU into the care of the pediatric doc. They billed a 99238 on the day this did this discharge (transfer of care). Now the pediatric doc is trying to bill a discharge on the next day, when he discharged the newborn from the hospital.
Does transfer of care qualify as a discharge? I am confused on what to do in this situation..
Thank you for any light you can shine on the situation...