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Wiki Coding e/m visits in the same day with an admission as observation then as inpatient

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A physician sees a patient in his office in the morning and then again early that afternoon at which he send the patient to the hospital in observation status. Later that day he visits the patient in the hospital and admits the patient as full inpatient. Ehat E/M codes are billed for this?
 
E&M codes are one per day no matter how many times you saw the patient (or how many locations).

ETA: (but you can use the information from all visits when determining your level)


If it were me, I would probably choose the admission code since it stands to reason that he will be seeing the patient again during the hospital stay.
 
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