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Check the Chart to Avoid this $35 Discharge Mistake

Published on Tue Oct 14, 2014

Tip: The time spent needn’t be continuous. Hospital discharge coding hinges on how much time your physician spent performing discharge services. Unless the doctor’s documentation specifically indicates the number of minutes she spent, you might be compelled to downcode every claim. Time is of the Essence When your physician performs hospital discharge services, you have two codes in the range: [...]
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