tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2017 Issue 4

Influenza Diagnoses: Are You Up to Date on Your Influenza Diagnoses?

Avoid Denials by Coding Symptoms Supporting Medical Necessity of Flu Visits This has been a bad year for influenza in many areas of the country and emergency departments (EDs) have seen many patients with flu like symptoms. People without regular physicians, or whose symptoms become too severe to wait to see their primary care physician, end up in the ED waiting room complaining of nausea, fever, aches and pains. You should be careful when assigning ICD-10 codes for the evaluation and management visits and ensure that they only code what is justified in the medical record. Read on to...

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