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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Third Quarter
Clarification
While Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM traditionally has not addressed coding for reimbursement, the Central Office on ICD-9-CM and the Cooperating Parties have recently received many questions regarding discrepancies between coding guidelines or advice published in Coding Clinic and payer coding policies. Coding Clinic's goal is to provide advice according to the most accurate and correct coding consistent with ICD-9-CM principles.
There are a variety of payment policies that may impact on coding. Many of those payment policies may contradict each other or may be inconsistent with ICD-9-CM rules/conventions. Therefore, it is not possible to write coding guidelines that are...
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