ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

Expect better performing ED claims with this V & E code tune-up.
When it comes to bolstering the medical necessity of your ED claims, V codes and E codes should be an ICD-9 tool that you pull often from your coding toolbox. They can often paint a much clearer picture of that ED patient visit than just the main Tabular List of Diseases.
The ED patient visit picture can often be muddied with non-specific diagnosis coding, making it almost impossible to ascertain just from the ICD-9 codes exactly what brought the patient to the ED for this encounter, says Stacie Norris, MBA, CPC, CCS-P, Director of Coding Quality Assurance for Medical Management Professionals in Durham, NC. A clear picture of the encounter must be painted by the diagnostic coding for the payors to agree with the medical necessity of the ED visit and to ultimately pay [...]