tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 12

Be Sure to Cover All Areas When Burn Coding

Don't send off that claim until you've checked for billable ancillary services Once you've figured out the proper primary burn diagnosis code(s), it's time to begin looking at the secondary diagnosis, which informs payers of the amount of the body burned, as well as the percentage of third-degree burns on a patient.  "We use secondary codes when it's an extensive burn," says Patricia Sylvia, CPC, RN, of Outer Banks Emergency Physicians in Nags Head, N.C. "Otherwise, we just report an injury code and a burn code."What is an extensive burn? "If third-degree burns have affected...

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