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Emergency Department Coding:

Tread Carefully When Billing ED Transfers to Observation Care

Published on Tue Mar 18, 2025

Medicare and CPT® disagree on the rules for ED transfers to observation. Ever since CPT® 2023 deleted the observation care codes (99218-99220), coders have faced confusion about how to report these services. That confusion is compounded by the fact that Medicare rules appear to differ slightly from the CPT® guidelines on this topic. Check these facts so you can keep bringing in [...]
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