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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.
(99218-99220) should be reported for a patient admitted to Observation Care for less than 8 hours on the same calendar date. CPT Code 99217 is not allowed for this situation. Subsequent Observation Care. In the instance that a patient is held in observation status for more than two calendar dates, the. supervising physician should utilize a subsequent Observation Care CPT code (99224 - 99226).