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May 23rd, 2011 - hleeman

Extended time discharging hospital patient

I have a provider who spent 90 mins discharging a pt who has been in our facility x months. Can she charge prolonged time in addition to the discharge code?

May 23rd, 2011 - rphelps 615  1 

re: Extended time discharging hospital patient

Use 99239 if discharge is more than 30 minutes.



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