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CMS Finds Observation Care Claims Often Lack Appropriate Documentation

Published on Mon Feb 04, 2019

Incorrect coding errors also plague these services. It’s a common occurrence at your ED – the physician assigns the patient to observation status to keep an eye on his condition, and then discharges him the same day. You report 99234 and call it a day, right? Not so fast. That’s the takeaway from a recent CMS report, which indicates that [...]
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