Wiki Service date vs admit date

[hollys]

Hello Coders:
Dr. does a late night workup in anticipation of an admit. The admit date falls to the next day. Do we bill the date of service or the actual admit date?
Thanks for your thoughts/information-
Holly Scheaffer, CPC, CEMC

 

[Bjacobs0691]

I would imagine you use the admit date since w.e the issue was advanced enough to have the patient admitted. Just my thoughts

Brittany Jacobs, CPC

 

[hollys]

Inpatient

Hi Brittany:
This is one of those sticky ones, where the documentation is going to contain a different date than the hospital record. I'm thinking that we have to follow the documentation, regardless of whether it matches the hospital dates.
This will probably end up being appealed.
Thanks for your reply-
HS