tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2010 Issue 6

Orderly Multi-Fracture Coding a Must for Max Payout

Check RVUs before settling on the first fracture care code to report.When your ED physician performs repairs of multiple fractures on the same patient in the same session, you can easily leave deserved reimbursement on the table if you don't mind the work units associated with each repair code.\"The rule of thumb in reporting multiple fractures is to list the procedure performed with the highest RVUs [relative value units] as primary, followed by the other procedures in descending RVU value order,\" Yvonne P. Bouvier, CPC, CEDC, senior coding analyst atBill Dunbar and Associates, LLC in Indianapolis...

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