JParker5
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Hi
I hopeing someone can help me clear a question: When a patient is placed in observation at 10pm and is not released until day 2 at 2am, can we bill 99220 day 1 and 99217 day 2? I've notice some of our outside coder billing this way and I just received a call from a patient stating we are double billing. I always question this but never received any denials and can not find anything in writing. If you have any feed back and websites that can support either way, it will help me dearly.
Thank You in advance
I hopeing someone can help me clear a question: When a patient is placed in observation at 10pm and is not released until day 2 at 2am, can we bill 99220 day 1 and 99217 day 2? I've notice some of our outside coder billing this way and I just received a call from a patient stating we are double billing. I always question this but never received any denials and can not find anything in writing. If you have any feed back and websites that can support either way, it will help me dearly.
Thank You in advance