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    Wiki How do I bill if a patient was discharged and then came back to the hospital?

    Internal Med biller here for professional services! I know for same day admit and discharge there are the same day codes 99234-99236, but what if the patient was discharged early afternoon from an inpatient stay and then came back to the hospital prior to midnight and was seen again for...
    • abutler@cimamed.com
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    • 99222 99238 discharge help hospital internal medicine readmission samedaydischarge
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    • Forum: E/M
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    Wiki Inpatient consult codes

    I am confused on what to do for inpatient consult codes for the first consultation the doctor has with a patient. Some articles say to use 99221-99223 and then some say not to use that but 99251-99255 instead and vice versa. I have read that cpt code 99221-99223 is to only be used by the...
    • AN2114
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    • 99221 99222 99223 99251 99252 99253 99255 consultaion inpatient consult inpatient consultation
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: E/M
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    Wiki 99222 billed with place of service 55

    Patient was in a residential treatment facility for drug/alcohol, they're billing 99222 with POS 55 for treating physician. Aren't hospital visits CPT 99221 - 99233 for POS 21 or 25 only?
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