tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 1999 Issue 11

Reader Question: Splint Application

Question: Must the doctor personally apply the splint during treatment of a fracture if the splint is the restorative treatment and the emergency physician is going to bill for fracture care?Anonymous CA subscriberAnswer: There is much debate about the correct answer to this question. Many experts believe that the splint must actually be applied by the physician in order to bill for this service. However, Kenneth DeHart, MD, FACEP, former chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) advisory committee on coding and nomenclature and the colleges representative to the CPT editorial panel, disagrees. (See article, Understanding...

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