ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
ICD-9/ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation is coming in 2013 and it's not too early to learn what those changes will mean for your commonly-coded diagnoses. Your coding for epistaxis repair encounters will change dramatically in 2013, when ICD-10 will become a coding reality. For example, let's say the the physician performs simple nosebleed repair in 2013. Notes indicate the physician's final diagnosis is epistaxis and essential hypertension. Check out the difference in diagnosis coding for this 30901 (Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, simple [limited cautery and/or packing] any method]) claim: Current code: 784.7 (Symptoms involving head and neck; epistaxis) ICD-10 change: R04.0 (Epistaxis) Current code: 401.9 (Essential hypertension, unspecified) ICD-10 change: I10 (Essential [primary] hypertension).
ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
- Nosebleed Repairs:
Know Instrumentation & Methods for Smart Nosebleed Repair Coding
Here's why coding 30901 for ice stoppage might not be proper.A patient reports to the [...] - ICD-9/ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation is coming in 2013 and it's not too early to learn what those [...] - Modifier Use:
2 Nostrils? Call on Modifier 50
Here's why you shouldn't code 30901 x 2.If your ED physician happens to perform anterior [...] - NPP Coding:
Get Physician's Face Time On Record to Ensure Shared Coding Success
Medicare will let the duo 'team up' to provide certain services.ED coders that don't recognize [...] - You Be the Coder:
Coding 'Needle to Chest' Procedures
Question: A patient reports to the ED via ambulance. The emergency medical technician (EMT) says [...] - Reader Questions:
Code Splinting Only In Certain Situations
Question: A 3-year-old child presented to our ED with a history of falling off a [...] - Reader Questions:
Use Modifier 54 Only When Follow-Up Is Certain
Question: A 17-year-old patient presents to the ED with a laceration on his 4 cm [...] - Reader Questions:
Provide Proper Documentation to Make ROS Rock-Solid
Question: Encounter notes indicate a patient presented to the ED following a collapse and blackout; [...]
