Hospital Billing 2nd Edition by Susan Magovern,Jean Jurek

Exercise 9

A Medicare patient is admitted to an acute care hospital for outpatient diagnostic testing. When he returns home, a complication develops from the tests, and he is admitted as in inpatient the next day to treat the complication. He remains in the hospital for two days and is then discharged.How many claims should be filed?
A)two claims, one for the outpatient services and one for the inpatient services
B)one outpatient claim that combines both the outpatient and inpatient services
C)one inpatient claim that combines both the inpatient and outpatient services
D)either b or c