For Hospital Medicine

For Hospital Medicine

Admissions, subsequent visits, discharges, and time: hospital coding moved to the same MDM grid in 2023, and the levels are more reachable than most clinicians code.

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The bottom line
Same MDM grid as clinic; the levels are more reachable than most code.
The hospitalist guide
Admission through discharge with current 2026 values: 1.63, 2.60, 3.50 on admits and the discharge codes most groups undercode.
The same grid as clinic
Hospital levels use the identical MDM columns. What counts as data and risk on rounds, in plain English.
Quick verdicts
One screen answers for the questions that come up on rounds, each with the missing phrase.
Receipts, not claims
The engines behind the tools publish their worked examples. See them before trusting your notes to it.
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