Good afternoon,
Per the CMS guidelines Chapter 12 30.6.8 only the admitting physician can bill initial observation care services as well as subsequent observation care services. Which set of codes should be applied to visits billed by physicians other than the admitting in the observation OP setting? Furthermore, on an observation discharge date, could an OP visit be billed for any other specialty and/or physician that visits on that DOS where the patient was discharged from observation care?
TIA