HBROCKMAN
Networker
How would you charge for a newborn that was seen in the morning for the first time by my physician and then discharged later in the afternoon by the same physician. The patient was not born on this same date. The patients Mom requested to be discharged because she had other children at home to take care of. The physician had not planned on discharging the newborn that day when he evaluated him/her in the morning. Would we just charge the Hospital discharge day management; more than 30 minutes, 99239, since the time in the morning and the discharge time can be added together?