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A patient discharge status code is a two-digit code that identifies where the patient is at the conclusion of a health care facility encounter or at the end of a billing cycle (the ‘through' date of a claim).
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Choosing the patient discharge status code correctly avoids claim errors and helps you receive payment for your claim sooner.
The discharge status code identifies where the patient is being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to such as an acute/post-acute facility. The discharging facility should ensure that documentation in the patient’s medical record supports the billed discharge status code.
In addition, a new patient discharge status code 70 was created in order for providers to be able to indicate discharges/transfers to another type of health care institution not defined elsewhere in the code list.
To assure proper payment under the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) payment system, hospitals must be sure to code the discharge/transfer status of patients accurately to reflect the level of post-discharge care to be received by the patient.
Definition: A code indicating the disposition or discharge status of the patient at the end of service for the period covered on the bill/record or claim. Discharged to home or self-care (routine discharge).
Guidance for use of the discharge status code to identify where patients are being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to. It clarifies that billing the incorrect code could affect payment.
Patient discharge status codes identify where a patient is being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to such as an acute/post-acute facility. The discharging facility should ensure that documentation in the patient’s medical record supports the correct billed discharge status code.
Frequently Used Status Codes; Patient Discharge Status Codes & Hospital Transfers ...