CPT code 99238: Hospital discharge day management (≤ 30 minutes)

No, only one provider—typically the attending—may bill for hospital discharge services per patient per day.

Yes, the physician must personally spend time with the patient on the same date of discharge or, at the very least, the discharge visit, even if the discharge itself is on a different calendar date.

Use the discharge code CPT 99239 instead, which requires documentation of time greater than 30 minutes.