tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 40

SNFs: Avoid Symptom Code When Specific Cause Of Altered Mental Status Is Known

New cognitive impairment, mental status codes enhance your coding accuracy.Two of the new and revised codes of particular interest to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) coders focus on a patient's mental status. Learn the right way to use these codes from our experts to avoid claim delays. 1. 331.83 (Mild cognitive impairment, so stated). "With the growing aging population, the new code for cognitive impairment is good to see," Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, overseer of coding operations at National Healing Corp. of Boca Raton, FL, said during a recent Eli audio conference. "It was very frustrating to...

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