AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 First Quarter
Admission to Inpatient Hospital Following Observation Unit Stay for Medical Condition
When a patient is admitted to an observation unit for a medical condition, which either worsens or does not improve, and is subsequently admitted as an inpatient of the same hospital for this same medical condition, the principal diagnosis would be the medical condition which led to the hospital admission. Observation admit for CHF, with subsequent inpatient admit Admit to observation for asthma, with subsequent inpatient admit ...
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