tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 6

READER QUESTIONS: Use P Mod on Non-Compliant PQRI Scenarios

Question: A 68-year-old Medicare patient reports to the ED in cardiac distress. The physician performs CPR and then stabilizes the patient during a level-five E/M service; he diagnoses a diaphragmatic acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Notes indicate that the physician did not give the patient aspirin due to an allergy. Can we still report this encounter under the physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI)? New York SubscriberAnswer: This visit meets the requirements for PQRI measure 28: -Aspirin at Arrival for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).- You will, however, need to remember a P modifier to explain why the physician did not...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert.

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.