AMA CPT® Assistant - 1992 Issue 2 (February)

Partial Hospital Setting (Summer 1992)

Summer 1992 page 24-end Coding Tip Partial Hospital Setting In CPT 1992, it states that "Hospital inpatient services include those services provided to patients in a "partial hospital" setting." The hospital inpatient services codes are to be used to report these partial hospitalization services. Partial hospitalization services are not to be confused with services provided by a physician in an observation area of a hospital. The office or other outpatient services codes are to be used to report the services provided in an observation area of a hospital. HCFA for Medicare purposes defines Psychiatric Facility Partial Hospitalization as:...

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