tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2010 Issue 10

Fast Exam FAQ: Code Slowly or Risk Errors on 2-Part FAST Exam

This exam requires a pair of procedures -- and don't forget about that E/M, either.Coders that misfile a claim for a focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam risk costing the practice twofold, as this procedure requires a pair of codes and a modifier to report correctly.Ride this FAQ to FAST exam success every time your ED provides the service:1.When would the ED physician perform a FAST exam? ED physicians perform FAST exams when they are evaluating patients for internal bleeding, "either hemo-peritoneum or in the pericardial sack surrounding the heart," explains Eli Berg...

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