tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 7

Part B Coding Coach: Check the Technique Before Submitting 30901 for Repair

Plus: Don’t forget you have different codes for posterior bleeds. A patient comes to your office complaining of a persistent nosebleed. Your physician stops the bleed, but that doesn’t mean you stop looking at code choices once you reach 30901 (Control nasal hemorrhage, anterior, simple [limited cautery and/or packing] any method). Why? Because you might be either overcoding or undercoding, depending on the situation. Look to E/M Codes for Minimal Stoppage Techniques Treating the patient for epistaxis (nosebleed) because of minor active bleeding might not support reporting a procedure code when the physician instructs the patient in...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.