tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 9

Keep an Eye Out for Separate E/M Services With Eye FBRs

Checking for head trauma is often a sign of separate E/MEach time the ED physician performs a foreign-body removal (FBR) on a patient's eye, coders should check the notes for evidence of a separate evaluation and management service. With an eye FBR, the physician may have to examine the patient for other injuries and trauma. When she does, E/M reporting becomes possible, says Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr., MD, FAAP, FACEP, associate medical director for compliance and business affairs at EPG in Egleston, Ga.How will I know? On eye FBR claims, the op notes should show you whether the...

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