Username & Password are required to use this app. Please do not download this app unless you have the username and password.
ABemerg is an iPhone app that was developed specifically for emergency physicians in Alberta. It provides rapid access to the billing codes that are often used. Please do not buy and download the app from the iTunes app store unless you bill Alberta Health as it will not be useful and it is password restricted.
The username & password is available by contacting another emergency physician in the Calgary region, particularly anyone within the RMES group or at the Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview Hospital, or the South Health Campus. For emergency physicians in Alberta there is no charge for the username & password.
The main menu of billing codes is divided into the categories to simplify browsing for the appropriate code. The categories are:
Visits
Telephone consults
Surcharges
Orthopedic
Dislocations
Critical Care / Procedures
Callback codes
+ Add to Visit Codes
Surgical
ENT / Optho
Plastics
Anesthesia
Miscellaneous
WCB
13.99H Fee Items can include a wide variety of diagnoses where "critical care of severely ill or injured patient in a hosptial ED requiring major treatment interventions". Some of the common diagnoses are identified for easy reference.