tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 10

Perfect Your Posterior Nosebleed Coding With This Expert Strategy

Don't be surprised when patients with posterior bleeds present to the ED When a patient reports to the ED for nosebleed treatment, odds are the physician will fix an anterior nosebleed. However, there is a chance that the physician will have to treat a posterior bleed, and you-ll code posterior bleeds differently than anterior ones.The differences: While an anterior nosebleed is limited to the anterior portion of the nose, a posterior bleed is deeper in the nose and can be more difficult for the physician to control, says Elijah Berg, MD, FACEP, vice president of MRSI, an ED...

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