ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
Are You Up To Date On The 2012 APCs For Commonly Reported ED Services?
ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
- Coding Strategies:
Ratchet Up Your Medical Necessity Support With V and E Codes
Expect better performing ED claims with this V & E code tune-up.
When [...] - Facility Coding:
6 Strategies Safeguard Your Facility Coding Choices From Audit Scrutiny
Documenting timed services, reporting observation care factor into your audit-busting tactics.
If you [...] - Facility Coding:
Are You Up To Date On The 2012 APCs For Commonly Reported ED Services?
Check out these charts to make sure your facility mapping is correct There can be [...] - How Is Your Facility Mapping Methodology Holding Up?
Take note of these tips from Edelberg to see if you are capturing these common [...] - You Be the Coder:
Check for Catheter Use Before Coding Thoracentesis
Question: A patient with shortness of breath reports to the ED. The physician obtains pertinent [...] - Reader Question:
Don't let head trauma coding give you a headache
Question: Is minor head trauma a "99282" as it does require a detailed history and [...] - Reader Question:
You don't have to be from Fargo to know about wood chipper safety
Question: Patient presents to ER with finger laceration after cleaning a wood chipper that was [...] - Reader Question:
Don't let coding for a Dens fracture be a pain in the neck.
Question: Can anyone tell me how they would code the following Fracture of the Dens. [...]
