tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2014 Issue 11

You Be the Coder: Make your code choice stick when using adhesives for wound closure

Question: How would you report the following service? A 28- year-old male presents to a freestanding ED at midnight after being struck on the head from a lava lamp that fell off his headboard bookshelf.  He reports the injury occurred about 45 minutes prior with excessive bleeding that was controlled after pressure was applied with a clean damp cloth for some time. He had recently finished a dialysis treatment and had a heparin injection about four hours prior to the accident. He reports no loss of consciousness resulting from the injury, no blurred vision or dizziness, but does...

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