Missed charges
Procedures performed in emergent settings never captured. Chart-to-charge audits.
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Traumatology medical billing services
Trauma surgery billing combines emergency procedures, critical care, fracture management and multiple same-session surgeries, under rules that reward precise sequencing and complete charge capture in chaotic clinical settings.
What makes traumatology billing different
General billers treat every specialty the same. These are the rules, code families and payer habits that decide whether traumatology claims pay the first time.
- Multiple procedures in one session are paid under multiple-procedure reductions; sequencing by RVU affects payment.
- Critical care time is billable alongside procedures only when the time is separate and documented.
- Fracture care, debridement (11042–11047) and repair codes depend on depth, size and site documentation.
- Trauma patients are often uninsured or covered by auto, workers' compensation or liability payers with their own billing rules.
Denials we see most in traumatology
Every denial gets a root cause, a fix and a feedback loop, so the same denial stops coming back.
Sequencing and reduction errors
Underpayment from poor procedure ordering. Sequenced by RVU per payer rules.
Third-party liability
Claims to the wrong payer. We identify auto, workers' comp and liability coverage early.
How Core MB bills for traumatology
A dedicated team that already knows your payers' rules, plus the reporting to prove it is working. Credentialing for new traumatology providers runs in the same system, tracked live in your client portal.
- Chart-to-charge auditing for emergent care.
- Procedure sequencing under multiple-procedure rules.
- Third-party and liability payer handling.
Everything in the service
The full revenue cycle as standard for traumatology practices, priced on what we collect for you. Take all of it, or start with one piece such as AR recovery or credentialing.
- Insurance verification and eligibility checks
- Charge entry and specialty-specific coding review
- Claim scrubbing and electronic submission
- Payer follow-up on every open claim
- Denial management and appeals
- Payment posting and reconciliation
- Accounts receivable recovery
- Patient statements and balance support
- Monthly reporting you can read in five minutes
- Provider credentialing and payer enrollment
Traumatology billing questions
How do you capture charges in trauma care?
By auditing the chart against charges after the fact, because emergent settings do not lend themselves to real-time charge entry.
How are multiple same-session procedures paid?
Under multiple-procedure reductions, so the order in which procedures are listed affects payment. We sequence them to pay correctly under each payer's rules.
Do you bill auto and workers' compensation claims?
Yes. Those payers have their own forms, codes and timelines, and we identify them at intake.
How do we get started with Core MB for traumatology billing?
Send us your specialty, provider count and monthly claim volume through the quote form and we will come back with a written proposal. Transitions run alongside your current billing so nothing is dropped, and credentialing for new traumatology providers can start at the same time.
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