The handbook's format and style of presentation follows that of previous editions inspired by the Faye Brown approach to coding instruction. The handbook is authored by Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, Director of Coding and Classification at the AHA.
Fiscal year 2021 code updates, including new information on COVID-19, vaping-related disorder, history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension, immunodeficiency, cytokine release syndrome,cerebrospinal fluid leak, intracranial hypotension, neonatal cerebral infarction, and “chronic stroke”
Up-to-date guidance on coding signs and symptoms, diseases, disorders, procedures, conditions, complications of care, long-term care, and more
Reflects the Official Coding Guidelines
Over 200 chapter-based and final review exercises
Built-in workbook of case summary exercises
More than 50 four-color illustrations of anatomy, common disorders, and procedures
Q/A: Do you Have any Recommendations for Audit Prevention?
by Melissa Hall June 7th, 2016
Answer:
Yes. The best prevention for audits is to be proactive. It is much easier on a practice to find and fix their own errors and oversights versus waiting until an audit or records review when the 3rd party payer will surely find the errors/oversights and notify you - usually in the form of a request for refund.
As a measure of risk management, and also to adhere to compliance guidelines, practices should at least once per year perform a File Review. The File Review evaluates your documentation, coding and billing and enables your practice to prevent errors, find and fix errors before they become long-term and costly challenges, and provides necessary training and education of current guidelines.
If practices have confidence in their own abilities to conduct the file review, it is okay to do so and is recommended to review multiple random charts of different case types. Otherwise, you may outsource your File Review to a professional organization that is certified and experienced with this process and the necessary guidelines for documentation, coding, billing, payer policies, etc.
Q/A: Do you Have any Recommendations for Audit Prevention?. (2016, June 7). Find-A-Code Articles. Retrieved from https://www.findacode.com/articles/q-do-you-have-any-recommendations-for-audit-prevention-34824.html
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