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what are two differences between inpatient and outpatient coding?

April 26, 2017Codingcoding

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tracy alm Posted

what are two differences between inpatient and outpatient coding?

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elizabeth henry Posted

In outpatient coding, coding for “probable,” “suspected,” or “rule-out” conditions is not allowed, but inpatient coding does allow this. Another difference is that in outpatient coding, services are billed on CMS-1500 form, and in inpatient coding services are billed on UB-04 form.