tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 12

Reader Questions: Hematuria Codes Get More Specific in October

Question: A patient presents to the ED physician complaining of pain during urination. During the course of a level-three E/M, the ED physician orders a urinalysis. Notes indicate that the patient had "micro hematuria." Is there a code for "micro hematuria?" Nebraska Subscriber Answer: The condition your physician describes is microscopic hematuria, which means that the blood in the patient's urine was not plainly visible. There is no specific code for this condition -- yet. If you are filing this claim before the end of September, you should report 99283 (Emergency department visit for the evaluation and...

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