HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2018 Issue 30 (July)

The risks and rewards of hospital discharge status codes

July 24th, 2018

William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, Jonathan Besler, CPA, MA, and Mary Devine, RN, write that while it is well-known that ICD-10-CM/PCS code assignment impacts hospital reimbursement and compliance, there is an additional code that often flies under the radar for inpatient coders and has a huge impact on reimbursement: the discharge status code.

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