tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 13

Swine Flu FAQ: Observe ED, Urgent Care Differences in H1N1

If swine flu hysteria hits the area, will your ED be ready? Swine flu's earlier-than-expected sweep into some states has coders everywhere wondering how -- and what -- they should code when the ED is involved in administering a vaccine to combat the condition. The kicker: It isn't that there is no way to code for the H1N1 administration; there are new CPT and new Medicare G codes specifically tailored for reporting the service, confirms Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP, president of Medical Reimbursement Systems Inc. (MRSI), an ED billing company in Woburn, Mass. These codes, however, represent facility...

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