tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 5

Break Bad Coding Habits With Fracture Care Answers

If you receive only a fraction of your fracture care reimbursement, read these Q & A's to get your coding in line. Make sure your coding guidelines match up with these five answers.Look for Definitive Care Question #1: When should you report fracture and dislocation (F/D) codes for ED physicians? Answer #1: You should report F/D codes (20000-29999) whenever the ED physician performs definitive/restorative care, says Terri A. Brame, CPC, compliance coordinator at Saint Elizabeth Physician Network in Lincoln, Neb. Append these codes with modifier -54 (Surgical care only) because the ED physician generally doesn't provide the follow-up...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert.


You have ED coding questions, and we deliver money-in-the-bank answers to help you defeat your claim issues and secure optimal reimbursement.

Stay in the know and avoid federal reproach with your subscription to TCI’s ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1998 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.