Primary Care Coding Alert

Checkpoint: You'll sometimes just need E/M codes, not 30901.A patient comes to your office with a nosebleed, and your FP stops it. Before you code with 30901 and move on to the next chart, consider this point: Submitting 30901 (Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, simple [limited cautery and/or packing] any method) could be overcoding in some situations ��" or undercoding (thus losing big bucks per encounter) in others. Stop unintentionally bleeding your bottom line and use this advice from the experts on how to handle patients with nasal hemorrhages. Minimal Stoppage Method? Stick With E/MAlways check how involved repair was before choosing a nosebleed repair code. Here's why: Some nosebleed fixes are actually E/M services, says Kathy Plato, CPC, director of coding education and credentialing at ebix, Inc., headquartered in Wisconsin.If a patient reports to the physician with a nosebleed, and the physician stops the bleeding with standard, minimal methods such [...]