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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1990 Fourth Quarter

Reporting of Procedure Codes

The Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS), as published in the Federal Register Volume 50, Number 147, July 31, 1985, includes data items for reporting procedures. The definitions included can be used to determine which codes should be reported. Item 12 of UHDDS states that all significant procedures are to be reported and defines a significant procedure as one that is: 1. surgical in nature, or 2. carries a procedural risk, or 3. carries an anesthetic risk, or 4. requires specialized training. Surgery includes incision, excision, amputation, introduction, endoscopy, repair, destruction, suture, and manipulation. Generally, codes for such procedures...

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