tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2015 Issue 5

You Be the Coder: Moderate Sedation and the Separation Repair

Question: A 14-year-old patient reports to the ED with an injured right shoulder. While she was rock climbing, a hand hold broke loose, causing her to fall. She landed on the right shoulder. After a level-three E/M service, the physician diagnoses a dislocated shoulder. The ED physician performs closed treatment of the dislocation, during which he orders versed sedation and is face to face at the bedside for 26 minutes of sedation time. After the procedure, the ED physician discharges the patient into her mother’s care with instructions to follow up with the orthopedist in 48 hours for...

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