This Month’s Coding Q&A
APC Payment Insider, December 1, 2009
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A. Some facilities call these “triage” or “nurse-only” visits. This scenario typically involves an ED nurse triaging a patient and sometimes providing minor care such as bandaging a wound or dispensing Tylenol® for a high fever. The patient is registered in the hospital system and a chart is generated, which expends facility resources.
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