victoria1113
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I work for a CAH hospital in rural PA & we are having a debate regarding outpatient non-emergency services provided in the ER. Basically, a patient was seen in their physician's office and given an order for IV drug administration & the infusion was to take 4-5 hours. We do not have an infusion clinic in our hospital and the short procedure unit was too full to take the patient. Therefore, the patient was given the infusion in the ER & there is a debate as to whether or not an ER facility fee can be charged. I say no, as does another coder in my office. The patient was not seen by the ER physician; they had an outpatient order in hand & presented for an outpatient service NOT an ER service. Anyone else come across this scenario?
Thanks,
Vicki/CPC
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Thanks,
Vicki/CPC
PA