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tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 7
Flip to This Code Set for FBRs Of the Foot
You will need to report the same codes regardless of an incision
If an ED patient has a foreign body removed from his person, you-ll likely be choosing between two codes: 10120 (Incision and removal of foreign body, sub-cutaneous tissues; simple) and 10121 (... complicated). Exceptions: However, when coding a foreign-body removal (FBR) from a patient's foot, don't be fooled into reporting 10120 or 10121. Foot FBRs have separate code sets -- and you-ll report them slightly differently than other FBR codes, says Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, Coding Specialist for National Healing Inc. in Boca Raton, Fla. Why...
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