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Wiki inpatient surgery and admission e & m

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Shrina

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A patient comes into the office, decides to have surgery, schedules for one week out.

The patient is admitted to the hospital as an in-patient on the day of the surgery (as decided at the office visit) by the same doc. Can the doc bill a 9922x code, or is that double dipping?
 
Shrina said:
A patient comes into the office, decides to have surgery, schedules for one week out.

The patient is admitted to the hospital as an in-patient on the day of the surgery (as decided at the office visit) by the same doc. Can the doc bill a 9922x code, or is that double dipping?
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No, the admit charge on the same DOS as the surgery should not be billed. The history and physical performed on this day is included in the global; the doctor has already evaluated the patient, and the decision for surgery was made at the earlier visit.
 
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