Ms. RHIT is analyzing and assembling a patient's record and notices that a copy of a history and physical from the attending physician's office was used in the record instead of an inpatient history and physical. The office H&P was completed on January 2 (this year), and the patient was admitted to the hospital on January 5 (this year); the office H&P was placed on the record at the time of
admission. According to Medicare CoP regulations, the office H&P is:
A) acceptable, as the H&P for this admission because it was placed on the record within 24 hours.
B) acceptable, as the H&P for this admission because it was completed no more than seven days prior to admission
C) unacceptable, because only a newly documented inpatient H&P is acceptable
D) unacceptable, because the office H&P was not completed within 24 hours prior to admission.
B
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