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Summer Healthcare: Don’t Get Burned by Missing 16000s with E/M Pay

Published in General Surgery Coding Alert, June 2010

Pick Dx first to zero in on local treatment codes.
Grills, fireworks, lightning, sunburn … along with summertime fun you’re likely to see an uptick in burn patients in your practice this time of year.
But you won’t see an uptick in revenue if you only report the E/M service and miss up to $165 for dressing and debridement of the burn site.
General surgeons are often the first line of care for burns, according to M. Tray [...]


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Published in General Surgery Coding Alert, June 2010
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