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Jan 30th, 2014 - paula52 15 

observation vs inpatient

the hospital informed me the pt was not admitted as ip but instead observation, how do I bill for dr services? thank you


Jan 30th, 2014 - dsteed   141 

re: observation vs inpatient

If the hospital converted to observation, you should use the observation codes with POS 22. Depends on length of stay whether you use the same day in & out or those that span more than one calendar day.



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