AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1999 Fourth Quarter

New Notes

Patient's Reason for Visit Effective for services furnished on or after April 1, 2000, Form Locator 76 on the UB-92 data set will have a dual use. Form Locator 76 (FL76) will be the "Admitting Diagnosis" for inpatient claims, and "Patient's Reason for Visit" on outpatient claims. The new definition reads: "The ICD-9-CM diagnosis code describing the patient's diagnosis or reason for visit at the time of admission or outpatient registration." The "Note" reference for FL76 has a section explaining that for outpatient claims, the ICD- 9-CM code describing the patient's stated reason for seeking care (or as...

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