Peter Davidyock
Expert
I have found myself with somewhat of a dilema.
I recently took a job coding for 7 trauma/general surgeons.
All of them code initial inpatient hospital visits when they see someone in the ER whether the patient is admitted or not.
This is separate from medicare pts. They seem to have a grasp on the medicare guidelines for ER reporting.
Example:
Pt presents to the ER for a fall. My trauma Dr see's the pt and does a work up.
The disposition reads: released to home w/instructions for yada yada.
They code this visit as 99221
Am I missing something?
I recently took a job coding for 7 trauma/general surgeons.
All of them code initial inpatient hospital visits when they see someone in the ER whether the patient is admitted or not.
This is separate from medicare pts. They seem to have a grasp on the medicare guidelines for ER reporting.
Example:
Pt presents to the ER for a fall. My trauma Dr see's the pt and does a work up.
The disposition reads: released to home w/instructions for yada yada.
They code this visit as 99221
Am I missing something?