tci E/M Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 3

Reader Question: Understand Inpatient Initial Care Codes

Question: Can you use inpatient initial care codes 99221-99223 more than once in the same day if a different physician sees the patient? South Carolina Subscriber Answer: No. You can report a code from the 99221-99223 range (Initial hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires these 3 key components …) range only once per day. You could, however, add up all of the documentation for that day to determine the level of service that would fit best based on that collective documentation by the physician. You use these codes to report...

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