Hi all,
my query is
a patient treatment duration is 12/04/2016 to 12/09/2015. and now I am coding on the DOS 12/06/2016, and the patient admitted as inpatient on 12/04/2016 form on provider, but as the DOS i am coding 12/06/2015, the patient was treated by the another provider or doc ( he is a new provider is not related with the previous group), so as of now i need to code for the provider for DOS on 12/06/2014 am I need to consider as initial encounter for the provider or need to consider as subsequent encounter.
please suggest.
my query is
a patient treatment duration is 12/04/2016 to 12/09/2015. and now I am coding on the DOS 12/06/2016, and the patient admitted as inpatient on 12/04/2016 form on provider, but as the DOS i am coding 12/06/2015, the patient was treated by the another provider or doc ( he is a new provider is not related with the previous group), so as of now i need to code for the provider for DOS on 12/06/2014 am I need to consider as initial encounter for the provider or need to consider as subsequent encounter.
please suggest.