tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

You Be the Coder: Pin Down Vent Management Documentation

Question: What documentation is necessary when reporting vent management? Supercoder Subscriber Answer: The ED physician should record the ventilator settings and adjustments. This includes the initial or current vent settings, any changes to those, and recommendations and/or orders relating to the vent setting changes. Once you know how your physician administered the ventilation, look at when he administered the treatment. The codes are based on whether you’re reporting the first day of ventilation or subsequent days, but in the ED you’re typically only likely to report the first day unless the patient is moved into observation care...

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.