tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 7

Cardioversion Denials Raising Your Blood Pressure? Find Out Where Youre Going Wrong

If you're not clear on what separates cardioversion from defibrillation, let alone what separates one cardioversion from another, you will never receive payment for you physician's work.   Accurately identify these procedures in the ED by focusing on individual, clinical details and do this before you even think about coding. (For more on the codes for these procedures, refer to "How to Capture Pay for Cardioversions, Defibrillations".)   Cardioversions and defibrillations solicit denials when coders don't adequately understand the physician's notes and accurately distinguish between these two pacing procedures. Often, they're reported interchangeably or not at all. Throw...

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