AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services (December 2009)

December 2009 page 9a Bonus Feature:Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Question: An inpatient was seen by the attending physician who performed and reported discharge services; but the patient was not discharged until the next day. In this instance, should a code from the hospital subsequent care series (codes 99231-99233) be reported for the actual day of discharge or the day when the physician rendered the discharge services? Ann Waters, RHIT, CCS Answer: The hospital discharge codes 99238, Hospital discharge day management; 30 minutes or less, and 99239, Hospital discharge day management; more than 30 minutes, should be reported for...

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