tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 22

PART B REVENUE BOOSTER: Nail Down Acronyms and You'll Code Charts Properly Every Time

Would you be able to count E/M bullets properly if the physician wrote -WBC WNL-?If you can't differentiate - such terms as PH and PI, your coding may suffer.Here's why: When the physician documents a chart, he doesn't always have time to spell out phrases such as -past history- (PH) and -present illness- (PI), but knowing which is which can make a tremendous difference in the accuracy of your charts. If you code a chart assuming that the patient currently suffers from every condition listed as -PH,- you-ll be coding the wrong diagnoses for the current...

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