tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2002 Issue 1

You Be the Coder: Repeated Unsuccessful Shoulder Reductions

Test your coding knowledge.  Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: Our emergency department physician attempted a shoulder reduction while the patient was placed under conscious sedation. The reduction attempt failed, and the patient was sent to x-ray. After the patient returned to the ED, another reduction attempt was made but failed. At this point, there was a shift change and another doctor came on duty. The second physician attempted the reduction for the third time and succeeded. How should I code this? May I report all three...

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