ICD-9 CODING: Stop Asking 'Which Diagnosis Code Will Get My Claim Paid?'
Instead, code directly from the medical record.
Medical coders face a lot of questions each day in the course of their work, but one question you should not be asking is, "which diagnosis code should I put on this claim if I want to collect?"
When Eli solicited subscribers' questions, the overwhelming majority asked questions such as, "We performed xyz procedure -- can you tell me which diagnosis codes we can report to Medicare to get this claim paid?"
But this type of ICD-9 coding is backward, experts say. Instead, you should be coding based on the...
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