Scout4413
Contributor
I am pretty sure I already know the answer to this question...or the answer that has been given to me but I am going to pose it anyway.
When you have a psychiatry patient awaiting placement and is in held in the ER for several days, our physicians just do one initial E/M and this is all that is billed. There is ongoing management of this patient with intermittent progress notes documented.
I am told that the physicians can only charge for one E/M for the entire length of time the patient is held in the ER. We recently had a patient for 9 days.
If the physician documented daily E/M procedures, can we code and bill for these?
I appreciate any input...
txs
Pam
When you have a psychiatry patient awaiting placement and is in held in the ER for several days, our physicians just do one initial E/M and this is all that is billed. There is ongoing management of this patient with intermittent progress notes documented.
I am told that the physicians can only charge for one E/M for the entire length of time the patient is held in the ER. We recently had a patient for 9 days.
If the physician documented daily E/M procedures, can we code and bill for these?
I appreciate any input...
txs
Pam