treinemer
Networker
I have question re: prolonged time visits on admit and continuing hospital visits.
If the Attending MD put a 99223 for the initial admit but did not document the time spent, and later in the day another physician spent an additional 45 minutes documented and bills 99356, Can I still use the 99356? I understand it would go with the initial MD for the day but not sure if I can even use this if the first visit wasn't documented with time.
Same thing with 99233, 99356-no time doc in the initial visit but appropriate time on the second.
I have a chart from a hospitalist site that shows the typical time in minutes for the initial E/M visits then what the threshold time would be for the 99356...
If the Attending MD put a 99223 for the initial admit but did not document the time spent, and later in the day another physician spent an additional 45 minutes documented and bills 99356, Can I still use the 99356? I understand it would go with the initial MD for the day but not sure if I can even use this if the first visit wasn't documented with time.
Same thing with 99233, 99356-no time doc in the initial visit but appropriate time on the second.
I have a chart from a hospitalist site that shows the typical time in minutes for the initial E/M visits then what the threshold time would be for the 99356...