tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2014 Issue 6

Coding for Inpatient Visits: The Payer Will Guide Your Code Choice For Inpatients Seen After Admission

Pay attention: The rules for reporting subsequent hospital care codes differ from ED E/M services. When the ED physician is asked to see an admitted patient outside of the ED, the correct E/M code will likely be from the inpatient hospital care code section of CPT®. Take this advice on navigating the inpatient visits alternatives to pick the right one for your scenario.  Trend spotlight: The increase in hospitalist coverage in many hospitals has significantly reduced the requirement for emergency physicians to provide care for admitted patients, so this scenario maybe unfamiliar to some coders.  But for...

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