tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2007 Issue 1
Don't Change How You Report ROS to Medicare Payers
WPS Medicare changes ROS documentation requirement, only to reverse its decision The end of 2006 featured a decision by a major Medicare carrier concerning documentation on review of systems (ROS). In it, the carrier contended that documentation for a complete ROS should be more detailed than Medicare requires in its 1995 or 1997 documentation guidelines (DGs).However, after causing a brief panic in the coding community, the carrier refined its statement, putting its documentation requirements back in line with the 1995 DGs.-This issue has continued to evolve,- says Michael A. Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP, president of Medical...
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