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Medicare requires that when discharging a patient from an inpatient stay, the discharging facility reports the discharge disposition in the “Patient Discharge Status” field (FL 17). The claim must include the discharge status code that most accurately reflects the discharge of the patient.
Patient Discharge Status Codes - JF Part A - Noridian. Search for a Patient Status. Last Updated Dec 09 , 2023. User License Agreement and Consent to Monitoring. End User Agreements for Providers.
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 (this could be a visit or an actual inpatient stay) or at the time end of a billing cycle (the ‘through' date of a claim).
Frequently Used Status Codes; Patient Discharge Status Codes & Hospital Transfers ...
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.
Readmission Patient Discharge Status Code 93), children’s hospitals, and cancer hospitals (Patient Discharge Status Code 05 or Planned Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Readmission Patient Discharge Status Code 85).
Discharge status code is a numerical identifier used in healthcare RCM to indicate the patient's condition at the time of discharge from a healthcare facility.
The Patient Status Code is a two-digit code to indicate the disposition or discharge status of the beneficiary on a submitted claim. It is a required field on all institutional claims.
Search for a Patient Discharge Status Code. Status. Definition. 01. Discharged to home or self-care (routine discharge) 02. Discharged/transferred to short-term general hospital for Inpatient Care. 03. Discharged/transferred to skilled nursing facility SNF with Medicare certification.
When completing a nursing facility claim, providers should ensure they are using the correct Patient Status Code. Providers should ensure that when a MO HealthNet participant is leaving the nursing facility, but plans to return, they use Patient Status Code 30 (Still a patient).