tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 3

READER QUESTION: Nail Down Whether to Report Foreign Body Removal Versus E/M

Know whether your documentation meets the descriptors of 65205 or 65210 or if you should simply bill an office visit code. Question: A 75-year-old established patient with cataracts in her right eye reports to our doctor witha swollen and red right eye. The primary care physician performs an expanded problem focused history and expanded problem focused exam, and discovers "dust particles" clogging the patient's eyelid and conjunctiva. Using a few saline eye drops, the physician removes the particles, bandages the patient's eye, and sends her home. Can I report a foreign body removal (FBR) for this encounter? Answer: This...

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.