tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 10

READER QUESTION: Know How to Report Hospital Discharge After Consultation

Tip: Differentiate attending doc from referring. Question: A family practice physician admitted a patient for treatment of severe abdominal pain, and then consulted with my surgeon, who followed the patient through the episode of care. Both physicians want to report the hospital discharge. Can they split the discharge billing? If not, who should report it? Answer: It sounds as if the family practice physician is the admitting "attending" physician. There-fore, the attending physician is the physician who reports the discharge code (99238-99239, Hospital discharge day management ...). According to CPT, under instructions for Hospital Discharge Services, "To report concurrent...

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