tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 5

Burn Treatment: Heed 'Rule of Nines' When Calculating Burn Area

948.xx series challenges coders to compile TBSABefore you can select the appropriate burn treatment procedure code from the 16000 series, you must choose the proper diagnosis code from the 948.xx set to estimate the amount of body surface burned and the percentage of third-degree burns. How? To use the 948.xx set properly, you-ll have to know the -Rule of Nines,- which is a way of dividing total body surface area (TBSA) so physicians can report what percentage of a patient's body was burned, says M. Tray Dunaway, MD, FACS, CSP, CHCO, of Healthcare Value Inc...

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