tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 11

E/M Coding: 99239: This Payer Finds Issues With Discharge Code

Tip: Be sure time is documented before you report discharge. CPT® only includes two codes for your discharge management services, so selecting the right one should be simple—but unfortunately for a lot of practitioners, it isn’t so easy, according to a recent summary of the most common errors uncovered by Part B MAC WPS Medicare. In its review of discharge codes, WPS found that many practices forfeited $34.00 because they reported 99239 (Hospital discharge day management; more than 30 minutes) but didn’t have documentation of the time to justify the code, and the claims were...

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