tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 7

You Be the Coder: Try Your Hand at This Clinical FBR Scenario

Question: A construction worker was handling old wood when a piece split and lodged in his right forearm. He was current on tetanus, and he had no further injuries. The physician reviewed the patient's vital systems (stable), but concentrated the rest of the exam on the right arm. There was a palpable foreign body on the volar aspect of the forearm. The end of the wood piece was visible at the entrance wound, but tightly wedged against the patient's skin.  The physician sterilized the arm, prepped it with betadine and anesthetized the area with lidocaine. He then enlarged...

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