A conversation was recently had with a CMS representative regarding their policy and billing instructions associated with observation hours and services in situations when a patient is admitted as an inpatient but is subsequently found to be only eligible for observation; thus billed as an outpatient on the UB-04 reporting the Condition code 44.
Inpatient vs. Observation-Condition code 44
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