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A supplement to Opus Communications publicationsPneumoniaCodingPneumoniaCodi ngPneumonia coding2Table of contentsCoding Pneumonia what coders must know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Gloryanne Bryant, RHIT, CCS, discusses why Pneumonia Coding is still a risk area, determining specificity, how to query the physician, and query form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5NJ hospital self-discloses Pneumonia Coding errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Hackensack University Medical Center recently settled with the government due to Pneumonia upcoding. Here s what the hospital has done to make sure it stays in look at the government s upcoding project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Hackensack University Medical Center isn t the only facility to settle with the government in 2002. Let these other hospitals serve as a overpayments: Be the first to tell the government.

4 Pneumonia coding a self-audit is a good place to start. In brief, you should perform self-audits until you are reasonably satisfied that you are in …

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