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With the revisions in 2023 the codes for same day admission and discharge show a revised description:
▶The following codes are used to report hospital inpatient or observation care services provided to patients admitted and discharged on the same date of service.
For patients admitted to hospital inpatient or observation care and discharged on a different date, see 99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233, 99238, 99239.
Codes 99234, 99235, 99236 require two or more encounters on the same date of which one of these encounters is an initial admission encounter and another encounter being a discharge encounter. For a patient admitted and discharged at the same encounter (ie, one encounter), see 99221, 99222, 99223. Do not report 99238, 99239 in conjunction with 99221, 99222, 99223 for admission and discharge services performed on the same date.◀
Is the guidance on the need for two encounters new? I no longer have ready access to prior year CPT books.
▶The following codes are used to report hospital inpatient or observation care services provided to patients admitted and discharged on the same date of service.
For patients admitted to hospital inpatient or observation care and discharged on a different date, see 99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233, 99238, 99239.
Codes 99234, 99235, 99236 require two or more encounters on the same date of which one of these encounters is an initial admission encounter and another encounter being a discharge encounter. For a patient admitted and discharged at the same encounter (ie, one encounter), see 99221, 99222, 99223. Do not report 99238, 99239 in conjunction with 99221, 99222, 99223 for admission and discharge services performed on the same date.◀
Is the guidance on the need for two encounters new? I no longer have ready access to prior year CPT books.