tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2015 Issue 6

Nasal Hemorrhage Procedures: Stem the Flow Of Lost Revenue For Non-Active Nosebleeds

Check the chart carefully to see if a separate procedure is warranted for nose bleed presentations. Many patients present to the ED complaining of a nosebleed, but not all of them should be billed for treatment of epistaxis.  Some patients present due to epistaxis but are not actively bleeding in the ED.  In these encounters the physician may not perform a billable procedure, so you would report only the E/M to identify the services the physician provides, explains Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P, President of ERcoder, Inc., in Edmond, OK.   Even some presentations with minor active bleeding...

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