If a patient is placed under observation status and is discharged on the same date of service, proper coding will depend on whether the observation status lasted fewer than, or more than, eight hours. — For observation status lasting fewer than eight hours, report initial observation care (99218-99220 Initial observation care, per day, for the […]
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