Question

APPLYING CONCEPTS Wilma Mays decided to have elective surgery to replace her left knee due to rheumatoid arthritis. She also has chronic emphysema and Type 2 diabetes. After her three-day hospital stay for the surgery, Wilma was moved to Meadow View Nursing Center. There she received physical therapy, respiratory therapy, monitoring of her blood sugars and insulin dosage, and general nursing care for an additional ten days. 1. To code her hospital stay, what would be the likely principal diagnosis? 2. For billing purposes at Meadow View, is Wilma considered an inpatient or outpatient? Kamran Ashfar is a Medicare beneficiary. Medicare Part A has a deductible of $952 for hospital days one through sixty and $238 coinsurance per day for days sixty-one to ninety. Kamran had been in the hospital for forty-one days as of the end of January, and he has just been hospitalized for five days

Answer 1

Principle diagnosis would be osteoarthritis as due to this, patient was admitted in hospital.

Wilma will be considered inpatient as she was admitted officialy by physician