National Guidelines & Policies
Emergency UltrasoundStandard Reporting Guidelines
Emergency Ultrasound Standard Reporting Guidelines: Introduction and Statement of Purpose Developed by members of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section These guidelines represent the product of a...
ULTRASOUND CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT DOCUMENT 2009 EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND SECTION AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS CONTRIBUTORS: Jessica Resnick MD FACEP Stephen Hoffenberg MD FACEP Vivek Tayal MD FACEP Eitan Dickman MD FACEP
Introduction The goal of this paper is to assist Emergency physicians in understanding correct andcompliant coding, appropriate documentation, payer policy, and issues surrounding...
ACEP 2014 Emergency Ultrasound Certification of External Entities
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) believes thatcertification by non-emergency medicine external bodies, organizations, societiesor other medical specialties or upon short course...
ACEP 2014 Definition of Clinical Ultrasonography
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) defines clinicalultrasonography as a diagnostic modality that provides clinically significantdata not obtainable by inspection, palpation,...
Coding and Reimbursement Document 2009
Physician’s CPT is a system of descriptive terms and identifying codes for the reportingof medical, surgical, and diagnostic services. This system provides a communicationtool for medical care...
Coding and Reimbursement Update 2012
The following are updates to the 2009 Ultrasound Coding and ReimbursementDocument: Read full article →...
COVID cleaning policy
This policy is an addendum to the ACEP policy, Guideline for Ultrasound Transducer Cleaning andDisinfection, 2018. The ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section wishes to provide guidance for cleaning...
ACEP 2016 Leadership – System Wide Ultrasound
Increasingly, many specialties have an interest in utilizing US in their clinical practice across diverse patient care settings. Read full article →...
ACEP 2016 Policy Statement – Scope of Practice
Ultrasound (US) has become an integral modality in emergency care in the United States during the last two decades. Since the last update of these guidelines in 2008, US use has expanded...
ACEP 2016 Ultrasound Guidelines Emergency Point of Care and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine – Policy Statement
Ultrasound (US) has become an integral modality in emergency care in the UnitedStates during the last two decades. Since the last update of these guidelines in 2008,US use has expanded throughout...