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Summer Coding Quiz Answers:

How Did You Fare When Checking Your Summer Coding Skills? Check Out the Answers Below

Published on Fri May 06, 2011

Tally your score with the following three solutions.Determine whether you're ready for summer coding cases by checking your answers to our summer coding quiz on page 34 against these three solutions. You may also want to share this summer coding advice with your office staff to ensure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to coding these scenarios.Get Ready to Treat SunburnsAnswer 1: You'll need to answer the "local treatment" question before you can nail down the correct sunburn treatment code. Red skin -- even an area that might technically be "burned" -- doesn't automatically lead to reporting a burn treatment code. If your staff doesn't administer treatment specifically for the sunburn, you may only report an E/M code (99201-99215) for the check. Example: A mother brings her son to your office because of his sunburned shoulders and back. After examination, the pediatrician determines the burn is [...]
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