heatherwinters
Expert
Patient was admitted to observation care and discharged same day, I was going to bil 99234-99236 code, I reviewed the hospital's abstract and noted that the hospital billed G0378 and a 99218. When I asked the hospital's billing department why they used the 99218 code, they indicated to me that is the way the get paid for their time and for me to go ahead and submit my code. How can they bill a 99218 if my doctor was the admitting MD and admission and discharge was same day? Thoughts?