tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2005 Issue 9

READER QUESTIONS: Evaluate Circumstances for Death Note

Question: How should I submit a charge for the physician's death pronouncement (or death note)? Kentucky Subscriber Answer: No specific code for death pronouncement exists. If the doctor issued the pronouncement in the context of an emergency department evaluation, you should report the appropriate ED evaluation and management code from among the following:- 99281--Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires these three key components: a problem-focused history, a problem-focused examination, and   straightforward medical decision-making- 99282---an expanded problem-focused history, an expanded problem-focused examination, and medical decision-making of low complexity- 99283---an expanded...

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