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E/M Coding:

Reserve these E/Ms for 'Middle-Day' Observation Coding

Published on Fri Dec 15, 2017

For subsequent observation days, use 99224-99226. On occasion, your neurologist could keep a patient in observation for more than two full calendar days. If she has to do this, you'll need to be ready with knowledge of a few fairly obscure observation codes. According to Medicare, the decision whether to discharge a patient from the hospital or admit the patient [...]
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