tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 11

Fix Your Fracture Care Claims in 3 Simple Steps to Avoid Errant Code, Postop Overlap

You-ll also need to determine open/closed before coding the treatment You could land on the wrong fracture care code or double dip on the follow-up aftercare unless you-ve got a grip on these essential treatment coding conventions. 1. Check if Fracture Is Open or Closed The first thing you-ll need to deduce from fracture care documentation is whether the physician treated an open or closed fracture. Your ED physician will typically treat closed fractures, explains Michael Lemanski, MD, ED billing director at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. He may or may not need to perform reduction to treat...

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