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Sep 29th, 2009 - memartimbeau

coding discharge summaries

As an attending physician who admits and bills an H&P, performs scheduled surgery followed by an inpatient hospital stay, can/should a discharge summary be billed? The medical record is not complete until the discharge summary is dictated and it is a hospital requirement. Why should physician time not be billable for this service?

Sep 29th, 2009 - nmaguire   2,606 

discharge

No, if in a major surgery global, the pre-op, surgery, and follow-up for 90 days is included in procedure reimbursement.
What the hospital requires is not a billing issue.



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