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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies (Single Article)
Bring ancillary coding into the
mix
December 2002
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Product Description:
Many health information management (HIM) departments serve
as centralized coding offices. By also storing records for visits to ancillary
departments, HIM professionals can truly be the custodians of all patient health
information.At Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA, coders rely on
the physician order as the key document for coding ancillary visits, says Jo
Ellen Cook, RHIA, director of HIM. Cook says her staff work from the
order because you can’t code from lab results anyway. “The test
results are available also, but we only use them when the report includes an
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