crhunt78
Guru
Does anyone know where I can find information on admitting patients to observation status and doing a cardiac cath on the same date of service? I know that this is not allowed unless the patient is admitted to inpatient status AFTER the cath but I need something in writing to show our physicians. We have a couple of physicians who always try to code a level 3 observation stay along with a cardiac cath procedure and I need some kind of documentation to present to them to show that billing for an observation admit with every cardiac cath procedure is not allowed. Thanks for your help in advance!