AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 1 (January)
Evaluation and Management Services: Hospital Observation Services (January 2006)
January 2006 page 46a Hospital Observation Services, 99499 (Q&A) Question If a patient is in observation status for 3 days, what is the appropriate code to report for the second day of his or her observation stay? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 99499, Unlisted evaluation and management service, should be reported. Third-party payer should be consulted because they may have policies that govern reporting of these services. When reporting an unlisted code to describe a procedure or service, it will be necessary to submit supporting documentation (eg, the procedure report) with the claim to provide...
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