tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 9

Add $25 to Your Hospital Dicharge Claims

If your physicians aren't noting the time spent on discharges, your practice is losing out on rightful reimbursement. The solution? Educate your physicians on how their documentation affects the bottom line.Know When Your Surgeon Can Report a Discharge Discharge services are generally bundled to surgical care, so you won't report discharge services for your surgeons in every case. Here are the circumstances under which your surgeon can legitimately report discharge services, says Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CCS, CPC-H, CCS-P, HIM program coordinator at Clarkson College in Omaha, Neb.  The surgeon discharges a patient readmitted because of complications  The...

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