A ten year old boy fell while riding his bike in his backyard. He had numerous cuts and was brought to the ER by his mother. The ER physician obtained a brief HPI, pertinent ROS and pertinent past medical, social & family histoy. He performed an expanded problem focused examination. Medical decision makin gwas a low complexity. Physician performed a layered closure of a 4 cm laceration of the forehead , a 1.5 cm layered closure of the left external ear and a simple repair of a 2.5 cm laceration of the lip. the icd9 and cpt codes i used was
icp9 : 873.42 cpt: 12053 and 12011 and 99282
872.00 do i need a modifier and do I also need to use
873.43 86.59 18.4 27.51
E826.1
E849.0
please help!
icp9 : 873.42 cpt: 12053 and 12011 and 99282
872.00 do i need a modifier and do I also need to use
873.43 86.59 18.4 27.51
E826.1
E849.0
please help!