Barbara A. Love
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I am doing a audit in ED. When a patient comes to ED with a "clear" laceration to the forearm, can you bill an E&M to evaluate the laceration and then suture the patient.
I know it is clearer if the patient comes in with a head lac and they also evaluate the patient for a "head injury", you can bill both.
But what about your standard finger lacerations and foot lacerations. Is an E&M appropriate?
I know it is clearer if the patient comes in with a head lac and they also evaluate the patient for a "head injury", you can bill both.
But what about your standard finger lacerations and foot lacerations. Is an E&M appropriate?