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Wiki Observation Coding

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We have a patient that has been in observation status for a number of days (about 15). The patient does not meet inpatient criteria and therefore must be billed as observation. This patient also has Pennsylvania Medical Assistance. Here is my question. I know that I can code for 99218-99220 for the initial day of observation. I also know that I can code 99217 for the date of discharge. How would everyone recommend I code for all the days in between. I was thinking of using the Established Patient codes 99212-99215. Also as a side note if anyone from Pennsylvania would like to recommend the best place of service code to use, our billing department is thinking of use a place of service code of 99 to bill this. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
 
99211-99215 and POS 22

You'd use the established patient office/outpatient visit codes, and your place of service is 22 (Hospital outpatient).

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
 
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