Hospital status

We bill the physician component for the anesthesiologist and the patient is listed as Ambulatory Surgery on the hospital records. After the surgery the patient is changed to InPt status. How should we submit our claim on the 1500 as outpatient or Inpt.
thank you,
Martha

I gotta think

that the hospital will submit an inpatient claim for the stay and your bill should match theirs, but I only know that doctor's bills for E&M need to match the hospital and don't know if same applies to your bills.

Hospital status

The hospital will submit an inpatient claim. Charges incurred within 72 hours of inpatient order will be billed on the inpatient claim. Your claim should reflect inpatient place of service in order to process for payment.