tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 5

Train Physicians to Repair Fracture Care Documentation

You can't manipulate documentation to get payment for fracture care services. But you can help your physicians help themselves by outlining for them what type of documentation justifies fracture care codes.Request that when documenting fracture care, physicians follow these guidelines provided by James Blakeman, senior vice president of Healthcare Business Resources in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.:Do not simply state, "fracture." Describe the fracture as specifically as possible, indicating the bones involved and the area of the bone involved, says Susan Callaway, CPC, CCS-P, a coding and reimbursement specialist in North Augusta, S.C. Coders shouldn't have to...

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