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tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2020 Issue Q1
Compare Your Code Utilization Against These National Averages
If you’re looking for a place to start when working to compare your ED’s code utilization against others’, look no further than the national averages from Medicare. Frank Cohen, director of analytics and business intelligence at Doctors Management, shared the averages for each specialty during his Jan. 16 presentation, “Risk-based Auditing: New Tools and Techniques.”
Check out the top five CPT® codes reported by ED providers in 2019, based on CMS data.
Top-Billed Code: 99285
Code 99285 (Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient …) is at the top of...
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