Workers Comp Unwrapped Episode 508: Summer Surge: Billing for Heat Injuries and Outdoor Worker Claims Under California WC in 2026

Send us Fan Mail Every California summer brings the same seasonal spike — outdoor workers going down with heat exhaustion or heatstroke, and the claims that follow arriving on the desks of billers who handle maybe a handful of these a year and then forget the details until the next heat wave. In this episode, Ajay and Angel walk through what's actually different about billing a heat injury claim versus a standard WC claim — the diagnosis coding traps, what a completed RFA needs to look like u...