tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2000 Issue 11

Avoid Coding Complications Using Fast-track ED Systems

Although the CPT codes used in fast-track emergency department (ED) services are the same as always, the system of separate treatment tracks does raise some perplexing coding questions.Not every ED uses a fast-track system, but they have become popular because they can lessen patient complaints, according to Jack Turner, MD, PHD, medical director for documentation and coding compliance, healthcare financial services at TeamHealth, an ED staffing firm in Knoxville, Tenn. A fast-track system simply shunts some patients to a section of the ED designed for fast treatment, says Jim Pyron, DO, co-director of the emergency department at Freeman...

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