BC Advantage - 2024 Issue 1

The Impact and Challenges of Sequencing Z Codes for Reimbursement

Every year, we get updates to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, and this year, for reporting year 2024, we received an update regarding Chapter 21 for follow-up codes Z08 and Z09. The accurate sequencing of these Z codes was emphasized in the guideline update by reminding us that they can be used for both medical and surgical treatment. There are times when another surgical treatment follow up can only be described by using Z08 or Z09. But be cautious with these codes because the key word used is "completed" treatment. There are times when a patient may...

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