tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2006 Issue 1

Reader Questions: Encourage 'Negative' for ROS and PFSH

Question: I know that the provider can state -all other systems reviewed and negative or are noncontributory- and receive credit for a complete review of systems (ROS), but does this rule appear in any guidelines? And can we accept -noncontributory- for a complete past family social history (PFSH)?Michigan Subscriber Answer: To be safe under audit, you shouldn't accept the phrase -noncontributory- for either ROS or PFSH. Upon seeing this phrase in the documentation, the first thing an auditor will do is ask you to prove that -non-contributory- doesn't mean that the doctor failed to ask because he didn't...

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