tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2012 Issue 4

Reader Question: Reporting E codes alone will be an external cause of lower reimbursement

Question: A patient presented in the ED complaining of pain in his shoulder after a basketball game. The physician believed the patient sprained his rotator cuff, so I reported E927 (Overexertion and strenuous movements). I then added "injured while playing basketball" to box 19. The carrier denied the claim, saying we didn't indicate the patient's injury. How should I resolve this?Georgia SubscriberAnswer: The reason the insurer isn't reimbursing you is because technically, E927 doesn't describe an injury -- you just use it to describe the external cause of the patient's injury. Additionally E927 relates to overexertion and to...

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