tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2007 Issue 6

Use These Tips to Master Dual-Code Challenge of FAST Exam

 Most FAST exam claims also need modifier 26 Patients who report to the ED with abdominal trauma often require a FAST exam so the physician can check for internal injuries. The exam is a two-part procedure, and you must code both portions of the exam correctly to garner complete payment.Who needs it? The FAST exam (focused abdominal sonography for trauma) is -typically used on abdominal and trunk trauma patients, particularly blunt-trauma patients, to find out whether internal bleeding is occurring,- says Joan Gilhooly, CPC, CHCC, president of Medical Business Resources in Chicago. The test -helps ED...

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