Wiki inpatient visit along with ov

[genawaller]

If a primary doc has an office vist that provokes an admit at the hospital, can we bill both? The primary doc and the admitting doc are NOT the same.

 

[hsmith67]

OV and admit

I would ask you this:

Do the admitting doc and the OV doc work together? Specifically, do they submit charges with the same tax id?

If the OV is done by Doc A with tax id 123 and the admission is done by Doc B with tax id 123, then I would bill the admission only.

However, if OV is done by Doc A with tax id 123 and the admission is done by Doc B with tax id 789, then Doc A bills OV and Doc B bills admission.

Hunter Smith, CPC