tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 5

You Be the Coder: Burn Diagnosis Coding for Kids

Question: A parent brings a 9-year-old child into the ED with blistering burns to the left side of her body. After a level-four E/M, the ED physician treats the child for partial-thickness burns on her entire left arm and left leg. The child had no third-degree burns. How should we code this scenario? Tennessee SubscriberAnswer: To better understand the coding for this encounter, we-ll assign CPT codes first and then delve into ICD-9 coding. CPT codes: Your ED physician provided a separate E/M and then treated the patient's burns, meaning you can report a pair of CPT codes. On...

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