I would like other coders opinions on an observation stay at the hospital. Physician A who was on call saw the patient in the AM and admitted her to observation. Physician B saw this patient later in the day and discharged her home. Both physician are from the same group practice. How would you bill this? Because the physicians are from the same group I believe I can only code one service. The admit dictation does not meet the low level observaton admit code, but the discharge dictation meets the observation discharge code.
Thank you for your help
Thank you for your help