ercoder65
Guest
If a specialist, let's say Ortho doc, see's a patient in the Emergency Room for a consult, and then admits the patient from the ER right away, is this coded as an outpatient E/M or Inpatient E/M? My Orthopedic surgeons see patients in the ER, and when they admit the patient from the ER, they code this as an inpatient consult.
I always thought that it was the location of where you evaluated the patient that determines outpatient vs. inpatient. However, I am being told that because he admitted them they are now considered Inpatients and must be coded as such. Please advise.
TIA
Richard
I always thought that it was the location of where you evaluated the patient that determines outpatient vs. inpatient. However, I am being told that because he admitted them they are now considered Inpatients and must be coded as such. Please advise.
TIA
Richard