Twin Horns of a Dilemma: Inpatient Status without the IPO List

Talk Ten Tuesdays by ICD10monitor

Jul 7, 202628:43Education

What happens when the Inpatient-Only (IPO) List goes away? The entire list is expected to be eliminated Jan. 1, 2028. This will necessitate careful, patient-specific status determinations, rather than automatic assumptio...

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