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tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 7
Coding Quiz: Check Your Burn Coding Skills With These Scenarios
Be ready if the physician has not assigned a specific burn location
OK, you-ve read the primer on burn diagnosis coding for ED patients.
Now it's time to put that knowledge to work, before you have to code it for real on a burn treatment claim.
Review these coding scenarios, and see if you can come up with the correct diagnosis code(s) for each one before checking out the answers on page 53.
1. The adult patient has a third-degree burn on her right hand, which covers 1 percent of the total body surface area.
2. The patient has...
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