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How to bill IP procedure on OP

Date: Jan 14, 2020

Question:

We had a STEMI come thru ER and emergently taken to cath lab. Patient was appropriately statused as IP by hospitalist and received a drug-eluting stent for a 100% occluded RC. Six hous post stent a different MD came behind and downgraded to OP status. How can we bill the case? Can we bill C9606 with -CA modifier?

Question ID : 13438
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