CMS designates certain procedures as inpatient-only, but identifies them using CPT codes (outpatient codes). Since inpatient coders use ICD-9-CM Volume 3 codes, not CPT codes, they need to know which procedures are on the inpatient-only list. And now, under CMS’ 2-midnight rule, physicians are told that a patient should only be admitted if the stay will cross two midnights. Inpatient-only procedures do not always meet this criterion, making it even more important to correctly identify these procedures.
Join us at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 22 for the live 90-minute webcast, Inpatient-Only Procedures: Reevaluate, Reeducate, and Reinforce Correct Reporting. Expert speakers Kimberly A.H. Baker, JD, and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN, will explain how to identify procedures on CMS’ inpatient-only list and discuss how to evaluate facilities’ processes and procedures around the reporting of inpatient-only procedures. They will discuss how to report an outpatient procedure converted to an inpatient-only procedure. They will also review current Recovery Auditor activity as it applies to the 2-midnight benchmark and inpatient-only procedures.
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