jkmonaco
New
Please help no OB or hospital coding experience.
Patient arrives at a rural hospital emergency department at 6:20pm and delivers at 6:26pm. This hospital is not equipped to deliver babies and hasn't in years. After delivery mom and baby are transferred to another hospital.
How would you code this for hospital and provider?
Facility
59409 Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps)
99285 Emergency department visit
Provider
59409 Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps)
99464 Attendance at delivery (when requested by the delivering physician or other qualified health care professional) and initial stabilization
Patient arrives at a rural hospital emergency department at 6:20pm and delivers at 6:26pm. This hospital is not equipped to deliver babies and hasn't in years. After delivery mom and baby are transferred to another hospital.
How would you code this for hospital and provider?
Facility
59409 Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps)
99285 Emergency department visit
Provider
59409 Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps)
99464 Attendance at delivery (when requested by the delivering physician or other qualified health care professional) and initial stabilization