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cwilson3333

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My doctor saw a patient at the Hospital who was admitted for Observation. And as a result, Surgery was performed same date, with Hospital still having patient in Observation
Patient has Medicare A only.

Can the visit be coded as an outpatient visit [99203-57]

Confused as to how to code this Medicare patient in observation

Hoping for an answer

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