MSP BillBudWeekend evening visits: weekend or evening level codes?
The scenario
Saturday at 7pm. Level 2 patient with abdominal pain, discharged.
How to bill it
Level 2 weekend (
01842) $123.02. On weekend evenings you can bill either the weekend code or the evening code (01822, $102.88), and the weekend code pays more.What to watch for
Saturday evening fits two time categories. Which pays more?
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