tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 26

Observation: Learn The TAO Of Observation Coding

3 simple rules for when to bill for observation Many providers are confused about when they can bill for observation for a patient who's kept in the hospital for a while. Luckily, consultant James Blakeman with Health Care Business Resources in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., has a simple set of rules, which he sums up with the initials TAO, to check whether your observation coding measures up: Time should be a diagnostic factor, not a matter of convenience. You're keeping the patient for observation because you're not sure what you're going to do for him, not simply because you're already...

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