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    Wiki Swing Bed E/M Admit Documentation

    There is an issue on what documentation is required to code an admit E/M level when a pt is discharged from IP or observation (obs) to swing bed in the same facility. *Our providers are trying to use the H/P (from IP or obs admit) for the swing bed admit. Ex) pt admitted to IP on...
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    Wiki Physician Coding Consult vs Admission

    So I have a dilema where my psych doctors are doing consults in the medical floor and suggesting admission for psych care- the next day, they create an H&P. How does the physician coding and billing work? Do I bill the consult from the day before and then bill an H&P the next day? Or does...
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    Wiki When V30 is not pat of the Dx coding on a UB

    WE have an IP bill where the Admit code is V30.00, admit day is birthdate of patient, but the Dx fields omit the V30.00 and only list 761.8 and 762.5. What do you think the hospital trying to tell us? That the baby was born in a different hospital? or is this a simple error on their part...
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