COC (Formerly CPC-H) Practice Questions - AAPC Certified Outpatient Coder Exam

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Case 002 (POA Indicators in Outpatient): At a facility revenue integrity huddle, coders are reconciling a pre-bill edit queue. A new coder asks whether Present on Admission indicators are required on this hospital outpatient claim. What is the best response?

POA indicators are required on every UB claim line regardless of setting. POA indicators are required only when modifier 25 is reported. POA reporting is an inpatient requirement and is generally not required on hospital outpatient claims. POA indicators are optional only for emergency department claims.

Correct Answer:

POA reporting is an inpatient requirement and is generally not required on hospital outpatient claims.

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