tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 15

Fracture Care Coding : Do Your Fracture Patients Come Back Again And Again? Use Itemized Bills

But pay attention to the physician's intentionTwo right ways to bill, and the differences could be subtle -- or dramatic. It sounds like a coder's nightmare, but in fact the ongoing controversy over billing for non-manipulative fracture care using a global code (with a 90 day global period) or itemized billing isn't too terrible.  The RVUs for global fracture care and itemized coding usually work out the same ccording to a presentation by Ellensburg, WA coding consultant Margie S. Vaught at the 2004 American Association of Professional Coders conference. For example, you could bill for one evaluation...

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