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â¢ On the rare occasion when a patient remains in observation care for 3 days, the physician shall report an initial observation care code (99218-99220) for the first day of observation care, a subsequent observation care code (99224-99226) for the second day of observation care, and an observation care discharge CPT code 99217 for the observation care on the discharge date.
Payment for â will be treated as an inpatient admission. A clearly worded order such as in outpatient observationâ will ensure appropriate patient care and prevent east eight hours of monitoring and is limitedâ¢ to no more than ants an exception. The hospital is only reimbursed for 24 hours.