tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 13

DIAGNOSIS CODING: Keep Track Of Diagnoses That Change During Hospital Stays

Educate  your physician to keep you in the loop on patients' developmentJust because a patient enters the hospital with one diagnosis doesn't mean she'll have that diagnosis for her entire stay. And if you bill for your physician's hospital visits with an out-of-date diagnosis, you could lose money or face fraud charges. The problem: Diagnoses can change in the hospital because:• The physician may narrow down the patient's problem. For example, a patient may be admitted with chest pain, and the doctor may rule out myocardial infarction and decide the problem is gastrointestinal, says Pat Larabee, a coding...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.