tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2013 Issue 7

You Be the Coder: Don't Be Blind To Reporting An E/M Code With An Eye FBR

Question: I would like to know what other ED coders would assign for this ER visit:  Our coder assigned 65220-RT and 99281. The procedure has pre- and post-time included in the code, so the coder feels that you can’t assign much of an E/M because of that fact. Do you have a good way to carve out the two different services so you don’t double dip? North Carolina Subscriber CHIEF COMPLAINT: Right eye irritation, possible foreign body. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: Patient is a 34-year-old white male was working in a feed lot and was around some...

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