tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2013 Issue 6

Eye FBR Procedures: Don't Be Blind to 3 Factors When Coding Ocular Foreign Body Removals

Look Closely At The Documentation For These Clues to Determine The Right Code Assignment A patient reports to the ED with a foreign body in her left eye. The ED physician removes the FB and sends the patient home. This might look like a simple coding scenario, but there’s more to reporting ocular foreign body removal (FBR) than meets the eye. Your coding choice for these encounters will depend on depth of the wound, the location of the foreign body (FB) and the instrumentation the physician uses to perform the FBR. Ask if Conjunctival FB is ‘Embedded&rsquo...

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