tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

You Be the Coder: Get Closure on This Closure Question

Question: A 28-year-old male presented to a freestanding ED at midnight after being struck on the head from a lava lamp that fell off his headboard bookshelf. He reported the injury occurred about 45 minutes prior with excessive bleeding that was controlled after pressure was applied with a clean damp cloth for some time. He had recently finished a dialysis treatment and had a heparin injection about four hours prior to the accident. He reported no loss of consciousness resulting from the injury, no blurred vision or dizziness, but does state that he had taken a sleeping pill just...

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