HOSPITAL INPATIENT OR OBSERVATION CARE, FOR THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT INCLUDING ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE ON THE SAME DATE, WHICH REQUIRES A MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE HISTORY AND/OR EXAMINATION AND HIGH LEVEL OF MEDICAL DECISION MAKING. WHEN USING TOTAL TIME ON THE DATE OF THE ENCOUNTER FOR CODE SELECTION, 85 MINUTES MUST BE MET OR EXCEEDED.

Hospital or observation care with same day admission and discharge and high complexity decision making.