Robynn,
We are very confused as well. I believe we are using 681 for all of our
trauma patients as we do not have a tiered system. All of our trauma
patients arrive as major trauma patients and therefore our finance/business
office is using 681. I was under the impression that we should be using 682
as we are a Level II trauma center. Very confusing. I would appreciate
clarification too. Thanks for bringing up the question.
Linda Raby
Trauma Program Manager
San Jose Medical Center
office 408.977.4648
fax 408.993.7104
linda.raby@HCAHealthcare.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Gough, Robynn [mailto:RGough@chw.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:23 AM
To: 'traumanurses@mailman.listserve.com'
Subject: [traumanurses] UB 68x
A moment of your time please for a quick survey -
I am looking at the CPT information from The American Medical Association
with subcategory codes listed as mentioned below:
680 - not used
681 - Level I
682 - Level II
683 - Level III
684 - Level IV
689 - Other trauma response
Would you mind sharing how you are interpreting the "Level" in this code? I
have heard it two ways -
* one is the "Level" is the Level of your Trauma Center
* second is that "Level" refers to the level of care the patient
received depending upon severity
Thank you
Robynn
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Robynn Gough Smith
Trauma Program Manager
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 864-5680 - office
(916) 523-2858 - pager
(916) 864-5693 - fax
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