tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 11

Want the Key to Workers' Comp Claims? Try E codes

WC insurers expect information about the accident or disease's cause If your surgeon is seeing patients for workers' compensation (WC) claims, you'll want to pay special attention to diagnosis coding. Specifically, coding experts advise that to have your WC claims paid the first time, you should provide information with the claim (using ICD-9 E codes) that describes how, and sometimes where, the injury the surgeon is treating occurred. Payers require E codes: Suppose a patient suffers severe burns while working near the engine of a running bulldozer at his construction job.  Your surgeon sees the patient for...

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