Wiki ED discharge to Observation status

[lfrybvwc]

Looking for guidelines.....When patients in the ED department are being placed into Observation, what discharge status is used on the ED visit?

 

[kathrynw]

Hi,

Below is an MLN article with the descriptions of the discharge codes that I find very helpful.

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-contracting/contractorlearningresources/downloads/ja0801.pdf

 

[srklein]

Hi, At our CAH facility we use discharge status 30 (still pt). The ER visit will blend to the observation visit so a payer will never see the ER claim.