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24hours after admission
Medicare's hospital rules require the medical history and physical examination to be completed and documented no more than 30 days before, or 24 hours after, admission, and before surgery or a procedure that needs anesthesia.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“no more than 30 days before or 24 hours after admission or registration”
42 CFR 482.22 Condition of participation: Medical staff, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d., Paragraph (c)(5)(i).
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the rule a hospital's medical staff bylaws must include. Dictated history and physical reports are one of the documents a transcriptionist often produces.
- What it does not show
- It applies to hospitals that take part in Medicare. The rule also allows exceptions, which the regulation describes in its paragraph (c)(5)(iii).