Advanced Search

Primary Care Coding Alert

CPT® Coding:

Ensure FBR Reporting Success with These 5 Useful Tips

Published on Mon Jul 25, 2016

Hint: Don’t use FBR codes if your clinician doesn’t perform an incision. When your clinician performs a foreign body removal (FBR), you should base your reporting of the procedure depending on the depth and anatomical area at which the foreign body was located. You should also look at documentation to ascertain whether the removal was “simple” or “complicated.” Use these [...]
You’ve reached your limit of free articles. Already a subscriber? Log in.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe today to continue reading this article. Plus, you’ll get:
  • Simple explanations of current healthcare regulations and payer programs
  • Real-world reporting scenarios solved by our expert coders
  • Industry news, such as MAC and RAC activities, the OIG Work Plan, and CERT reports
  • Instant access to every article ever published in your eNewsletter
  • 6 annual AAPC-approved CEUs*
  • The latest updates for CPT®, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, NCCI edits, modifiers, compliance, technology, practice management, and more
*CEUs available with select eNewsletters.

Other Articles in this issue of

Primary Care Coding Alert

View All