beavert
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Having trouble with this...The Hopitalist was called to the EC to consult on a pateint and did an H & P for admission. However the patient stayed in the EC until the next day. The Hospital has the inpatient day starting on the second day...How can I code this??? I have some saying we can use that H & P and bill the admission on the actual admission date(even though done a day earlier) and others say it should be a consult in the EC and on the admission day we can bill for admission by the other physician as long as they refer to the H & P..Any help would be greatly appreciated..Tina