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tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2012 Issue 8

Drill Down to These HPI Element Meanings

Check out these expert tips for deciding how to count documented HPI elementsTodd Thomas CPC, CCS-P, President of ERcoder, Inc. in Edmond, OK offers the following clarifications of what each HPI element means:Location is often an anatomic descriptor. It can be as basic as left ankle, distal radius or epigastric pain, or more descriptive such as diffuse or localized to a specific area, unilateral or bilateral. It can even be a written description of where the patient points when asked, "Where does it hurt?" Thomas suggests educating physicians about documenting specific locations for complaints that seem to include...

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