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    Wiki Admitting Provider Specialist Consult

    Hello, my provider happened to be the "admitting provider" to sign off for a PA as no hospitalist became involved until the day after. The patient was ED the whole time as was never admitted or designated observation. The consult and procedure were brief (4 hours total) for food impaction. I...
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    Wiki Hospitalist OP ICD10-CM assignment question

    I am doing the billing (99221-99239) for our hospitalist that see our patients in the hospital and am unclear when deciding the ICD-10CM codes to use... if the patient's admitting diagnosis are different than the subsequent visit diagnosis and different than the discharge diagnosis, how do I...
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    Wiki Shared Visit?

    A CAH has one group covering both the ER and hospitalist services - internal med providers. Providers assigned to ER (usually a PA or NP) document their note, then provider assigned to hospitalist (MD/DO) does the admission (to Obs or Inpatient). Since they're one group, one specialty, both...
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