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Wiki obsv admit/discharge same day, different physician

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Need help....
Here is the scenario:
One doctor admits patient to observation, different doctor discharges patient from observation - all in same day and would use codes 99234-99236.

However, if these doctors are from different practices, would each doctor then use the appropriate code from the 99234-99236 series and append modifier 52 for reduced services?

Any help or direction would be great!;)
Thanks in advance.
 
Different practices

If they are from different practices then Dr A would code the admission to observation 99218 to 99220; Dr B would code the observation care DC 99217.

But WHY would this happen? Two different practices? My brain just can't come up with a scenario where this would happen.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
 
If might happen if a hospitalist admitted the patient and then turned the care over to a specialist, and vis-versa-- ie, surgeon gets a call for an acute abdomen to rule-out appendix, decides it's gastritis and signs off.
 
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