AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 4 (April)
Evaluation and Management: Observation or Inpatient Care Services (Q&A) (April 2018)
April 2018 page 10 Evaluation and Management: Observation or Inpatient Care Services Question:Is the reporting of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes 99234-99236restricted to a single physician? Or, may these codes be reported by a second physician, who provides care for a separate problem during the same brief hospital stay? Answer: Only the physician admitting and discharging the patient to observation status or inpatient hospital care on the same day may report the appropriate observation or inpatient care code (99234, 99235, or 99236). This refers to the initiation of observation status or inpatient hospital admission, the supervision of the...
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