My doctor is inquiring on why his patient who went through the E.R with appendicitis would go from an outpatient observation status to a same day surgery status? She ended up being a 23 hour stay and did have an appendectomy. The coding department called him and asked him to change his orders so they can switch the patient to a same day surgery status. He has operated on patients previously who remained in outpatient observation status, but wanted to understand the significance of changing to same day surgery status. This facility is a hospital, surgery took place in the outpatient surgery unit. Patient was released after 23 hours. Any clarification and explanation for the status change would be appreciated. Thank you.
Gina K
Gina K