tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2002 Issue 10

Catch the Ultrasound Reimbursement Wave

Some ultrasound techniques are still new enough to emergency medicine that EDs don't always know the coding ropes - but that's no reason to leave reimbursement money on the bedside table. At a recent American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) coding and reimbursement meeting, Dennis Beck, MD, FACEP, chairman of the ACEP Reimbursement Committee and CEO of Beacon Medical Services, asked attendees how many groups were doing ultrasounds, and about 30 percent of the attendees raised their hands. "Then I asked how many people were coding and billing for ultrasounds done in their EDs, and no hands went up...

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