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Emergency Department Coding:

Pull Correct FBR Claims Each Time With This Advice

Published on Tue Apr 29, 2025

Do you know when an ED E/M becomes an FBR? It’s spring again, which means rebirth, regrowth, and people reporting to the emergency department (ED) more often for foreign body removals (FBRs). Whether it’s wood splinters, glass, or some other object, FBRs seem to ramp up at EDs as the temperature rises. For coders, this means making a couple of [...]
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