tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2010 Issue 8

Reader Questions: E/M Code Keys Your PQRI Claim

Question: Our ED wants to report on the physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI) measure 92: Acute Otitis Externa -- Pain Assessment. A 66-year-old patient reports to the ED saying he has a severe right earache; he says it's been going on for three days and rates the pain at 8 on a scale of 10; he also complains of itching and hearing loss in the affected ear. The physician performs an expanded problem focused history and exam, noting "dry, hard cerumen/R canal blocking tympanic membrane." The physician diagnoses supprative otitis media along with impacted cerumen; notes reflect moderate...

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