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0 pointsScoundreller7y ago0 comments

Why did a visit to your PCP get billed as a hospital visit?

And which acuity scale was this? Usually the higher the number, the less acute you are.

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sxg7y ago

I meant outpatient visit. My PCP is in the main campus of the hospital, and I wasn’t being rigorous with the terminology.

I’m using the CPT codes within the site I linked to. 99211–99215 are the codes that correlate to acuity, with 99215 being the most acute. I am aware of other systems like level 1 vs level 2 trauma centers. In that case, yes the level 1 is higher acuity. Maybe that’s what you were thinking of?

ScoundrellerOP7y ago

Got it. I perused the link but didn’t see any 1s,2s,3s,etc. I was just worried that the US started implementing a triage scale opposite from the rest of the world.

I’m more familiar with the (pre-)hospital triage scales in non-US countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage#Canada

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