tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 1

The Devils in the Details When Reporting Observation Codes

Emergency department physicians devote crucial time to monitoring patients when rendering observation care. Payers sometimes overlook these services but you shouldn't. When observation services go undocumented, the ED physician does work that's unrewarded. You can do your best to recognize physician work by avoiding the errors that typically get observation codes denied on the professional side.Same-Day Observation Codes for Medicare Not knowing when to use same-day observation codes is a common error when reporting observation care to Medicare. If you want to report same-day observation codes 99234-99236 to Medicare, the patient must have been in observation status a...

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