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Mark Revenue-Boosting Cerumen Removal-E/M Encounters, Double Your Money
Published on Sun Feb 27, 2011
E/M-25 practically a given on earwax removal encounters.If you're keen to the guidelines governing cerumen removal claims, you'll be a boon to your practice's bottom line.In the ED setting, a separate E/M service is almost a given when the physician provides a 69210 (Removal impacted cerumen [separate procedure], 1 or both ears) service. That means you could miss out on money if youlet opportunities to code cerumen removal slip past you.Caveat: If your physician removes a patient's earwax, you cannot just tab 69210 automatically, confirms Eli Berg, MD, FACEP, CEO of MRSI, an ED coding and billing company in Woburn, Mass. There are some instances when your physician's cerumen removal will not rise to a 69210 service.Know the difference, and get your cerumen removal claims right each time, with this expert advice.Check Notes for Instrumentation, ImpactionIn order to code cerumen removal with 69210, the physician must follow some fairly strict [...]