AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1996 First Quarter; Clarification
Notice
Observation Unit Coding The Central Office on ICD-9-CM has received several questions regarding the "observation status" information featured in Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 1995. This coding directive focused on cases where patients were initially monitored in an observation unit and subsequently admitted to the same hospital (i.e., patients admitted directly from an observation unit to an inpatient bed). The advice was not intended for cases where patients are admitted to an inpatient unit following ambulatory (same-day) surgery. In assigning the principal diagnosis for patients admitted following observation status in the same hospital, hospitals should apply the Uniform Hospital...
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