tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 10

E/M Basics: Observation Codes Differ Greatly, CMS Reminds Practices

MLN Matters provides guidance on observation and hospital care coding Think fast: Do you know which code to report if your patient spends between eight and 24 hours in observation care?Hint: It's not observation care codes 99218-99220 (Initial observation care). On Feb. 22, CMS issued new MLN Matters articles that offer coding tips for initial and subsequent hospital care, observation services and hospital discharge day management coding. The new MLN Matters articles don't offer any big surprises, but do remind providers of best practices for billing these E/M codes. For a quick reminder on billing observation care services...

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