Bigasammie
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So...a patient is placed in observation status at 10 p.m.
The physician does not see the patient until 11 a.m. and at that point decides to discharge the patient. Which OBS E/M code should the doc use?
I'm leaning towards 99217 for discharge since it is now a different calendar date so 99234-6 codes are ruled out and the patient has been in OBS for longer than 8 hours so by my thinking 99218-20 codes are ruled out but I'm not quite sure.
Your thoughts? Thanks.
The physician does not see the patient until 11 a.m. and at that point decides to discharge the patient. Which OBS E/M code should the doc use?
I'm leaning towards 99217 for discharge since it is now a different calendar date so 99234-6 codes are ruled out and the patient has been in OBS for longer than 8 hours so by my thinking 99218-20 codes are ruled out but I'm not quite sure.
Your thoughts? Thanks.