Pneumonia Coding - HCPro

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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.

Pneumonia coding 3 by Gloryanne Bryant, RHIT, CCS Have you noticed we are still seeing settlement agree-ments associated with diagnosis-related group (DRG)

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