You Be the Coder:
Know Injection Site Before Choosing Procedure Code
Published on Fri May 22, 2015
Question: Our physician dictated the following: “patient has irritation of the soft tissues over the left rib area due to scoliosis; I have injected the painful rib area, a 25 gauge needle was placed along the rib itself and 40 mg of Depo-Medrol was injected.” How should we code this? Ohio Subscriber Answer: The physician’s dictation is not complete. Ask him to [...]