Emergency Department Coding & Reimbursement Alert

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When a patient reports to the ED with an injury that requires a splint or strap, coders must know the difference between the two in order to assign the correct procedure code. Review these rules to make sure your code choice is secure.

Use 2 Scenarios As Guides CPT® includes a special section on application of casts, strapping and splints arranged by body area (i.e. body and upper extremity or lower extremity). Use those codes, 29000-29799, to report any splinting and strapping services. The preamble to that section offers two scenarios for coding [...]

- Published on 2012-01-16