tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 17

Fracture Care Coding: A Global Code Doesn't Necessarily Mean The World To Medicare

Just because emergency physician bills it, doesn't mean you can'tSometimes a code is first come, first served. Only one person can bill that code, and whoever gets their first will receive the honors. This holds true for interpretation of routine electrocardiograms (see PBI, Vol. 5) -- but not for global fracture care codes. When an emergency department physician sees a patient in the ED and bills a global fracture care code, that shouldn't prevent the physician who sees the patient afterwards from billing a global code as well. Ideally, the ED physician should either bill for one visit...

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