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I am not sure if I am doing this correctly and want to double check.

Pt came in for a lung bx by my physician on 02/15/16 and discharged by my physician the next day 02/16/16. Can I bill 99217 for the discharge or is it bundled in the procedure charge? I haven't been billing 99217, but if I am missing revenue I want to fix that for future claims.
 
If the code you're billing for the lung biopsy has a 10- or 90-day global period, then the observation discharge would be included in the global package and not separately billable.
 
when and how were they admitted to OBS status? you can't discharge from a status they were never in. Also anything the day of the surgery would be post op for the rest of the day. even if zero day global.
 
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