Q: I have a question about coding a medically induced coma. For example, how would I report a patient on a Precedex drip for alcohol withdrawal, supported with mechanical ventilation, and intensive nursing care?
If the attending physician writes an admission order and later decides that the case should have been outpatient and then writes and order for outpatient, do we still need utilization review involvement and condition code 44 to change to observation?
Q: We have an off-campus provider based department that is “non-excepted,” so we have to report modifier –PN (nonexcepted service provided at an off-campus outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital). Is that for just the services that would be paid under the OPPS if the department were “excepted”?
