tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2023 Issue Q3

FBR Coding: Look to These Codes for Eye FBR

If physician doesn’t find an FB, remember new Dx codes. Patients often report to the ED with something stuck in their eye. When this occurs, your physician will perform a foreign body removal (FBR) — provided they find a foreign body (FB). How you code the encounter will depend on several specifics. Details: You’ll have to decide which part of the eye contained the FB, and what type of FB the patient has. Read on to check out this rundown of how to code your eye FBRs. E/M Could Be the Code if Physician Finds no FB...

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