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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.
According to CPT guidelines, if a patient is admitted to the emergency department (ED) in the morning, admitted to observation in the afternoon, and then discharged that night, the hospital should assign the appropriate same-day observation codes (99234 to 99236) for combined ED/observation services.