tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2005 Issue 10

3 Steps to Beat Burn Diagnosis Coding

Accurate codes tell exact location and severity When a patient with a burn shows up in the emergency department, coding can get heated right away - mainly because the first step is so difficult to report.Burn diagnosis coding, which the physician must perform before reporting any other service, can include multiple five-digit codes. Documentation must reflect severity and burn location, and the patient may have more than one burn area to report. Step 1: Code for the Burn Location Before you do anything else in burn diagnosis coding, you must select a code from the 940-947 ICD-9 group...

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