Can a hospital place the patient in observation status prior to outpatient surgery?
No. Observation status is used to determine the need for an acute inpatient admission. If outpatient surgery is planned and performed, observation status might be appropriate following the surgery if complications develop that require monitoring and treatment outside the scope of the routine postoperative recovery for the surgery.
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