Good day all! would anyone be so kind to help me out with a situation.
We have a patient that was admitted 3 days prior and the dr discharged the patient and admitted the patient on the same date. I asked the dr why he did this and he said that is was because he needed to admit the patient in as a hospice. I know that we cannot bill for a discharge and admit on the same date.
Can someone please tell me how i can go about charging this visit?
patient admitted 06/10/08
patient became hospice 06/13/08
Can I bill for an initial care on 06/13/08 and append a GV modifier or should I bill a subsequent visit with a GV modifier?
and I know the discharge is out of the question since it is not possible to charge this.
Thank you very much in advance
We have a patient that was admitted 3 days prior and the dr discharged the patient and admitted the patient on the same date. I asked the dr why he did this and he said that is was because he needed to admit the patient in as a hospice. I know that we cannot bill for a discharge and admit on the same date.
Can someone please tell me how i can go about charging this visit?
patient admitted 06/10/08
patient became hospice 06/13/08
Can I bill for an initial care on 06/13/08 and append a GV modifier or should I bill a subsequent visit with a GV modifier?
and I know the discharge is out of the question since it is not possible to charge this.
Thank you very much in advance