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Wiki ED discharge to Observation status

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Looking for guidelines.....When patients in the ED department are being placed into Observation, what discharge status is used on the ED visit?
 
Hi, At our CAH facility we use discharge status 30 (still pt). The ER visit will blend to the observation visit so a payer will never see the ER claim.
 
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