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Q: We have patients that come to the emergency department (ED), are seen by a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, doctor of osteopathic...Read More »

Q: Considering the 2019 IPPS final rule requirement that hospitals post a list of their standard charges online, is it your interpretation that...Read More »

Q: The physician documented debridement (11043x1 & 11046x4) of a wound 85.25 sq. cm and documented 20 sq. cm of skin substitute application (...Read More »

Q: How are you carving out other services from observation? Are you using a standard time or calculating based on the time off the nursing unit?...Read More »

Q: How do you report observation hours prior to an inpatient admission? Or do you report these?Read More »

Q: Is there a requirement that OB nurses (or other nurses) must document at least every hour while a patient is in outpatient status?Read More »

Q: Our facility is evaluating the pros and cons of charge on dispense vs. charge on administration for medications. Are there any best practices...Read More »

Q: In a condition code 44 scenario, may we report and bill for observation hours (revenue code 762) prior to the order for observation?Read More »

Revenue integrity professionals often run across tough questions. On the NAHRI Forums, revenue integrity professionals can get advice from peers...Read More »

Q: Is it true that billing anesthetic drugs with injection procedures in outpatient clinic encounters is unbundling packaged services?Read More »