Cannot report symptom/signs when they are inherent in disease process ... Example: Congestive Heart Failure following codes specify acute exacerbation ...
PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE ACT (PUB.LAW.NO.111-148): CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMCS Sibu P. Saha, MD, MBA Professor of Surgery University of KY
Consultation by Clinical Pathologists on Laboratory Test Selection and Result Interpretation Michael Laposata, M.D., PhD Edward and Nancy Fody Professor of Pathology
We don't have all the answers -This is just one hospital's journey ... Incorporated Real Time Medical Data. Left it up to individual VP's to ask for support ...
428.40, Systolic & diastolic heart failure. CC. 428.0, Congestive heart failure NOS ... including chest pain, back pain, congestive heart failure, and gastroenteritis ...
RAC may attempt to identify improper payments that result from any of the following: ... Reporting excisional debridement (86.22) w/o adequate medical record ...
Effective Communications With The C-Suite A Financial Dialogue * * In the 1999 landmark report To Err Is Human: Building A Safer Health System, the Institute of ...
Getting it Right the First Time: Inpatient and Outpatient Coding Donna D. Wilson,RHIA,CCS Senior Director Compliance Concepts, Inc. Compliance Concepts,Inc.
Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Joyce Mohler System Director, Reimbursement Summa Health System mohlerj@summahealth.org 330-996-8532 * * If an account for ...