Foreign body removal (FBR) is a very common procedure that emergency department physicians wind up performing on a regular basis. However this particular procedure causes a lot of confusion in the medical billing department. To insure that maximum reimbursements are met, you need to know how to code it accurately. The reporting of soft tissue FBRs will involve more than one choice in which code to use on the superform and knowing exactly what makes and FBR an FBR procedure will help you narrow down exactly which code to use to avoid unnecessary delays in payment or rejections. The confusion often arises when coders look at the notes from the …