Cardiology Coding Alert

Question: How do I report observation services by two of our cardiologists on the same date for the same patient? Admission to observation and discharge were on the same date.

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Answer: You should report a single code to cover the scenario you describe. You should report services for cardiologists in the same group as if they are a single provider, and you report observation services per day.

Choose from 99234-99236 (Observation or inpatient hospital care, for the evaluation and management of a patient including admission and discharge on the same date …) based on the complexity involved.