Diagnosis Coding:
Expert: Guidance Doesn't Square With Coding Conventions
Published on Fri May 24, 2013
Authorities have been sounding the horn about using non-specific diagnoses improperly lately. But this is the first time the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has said hospices shouldn’t be using them at all, believes hospice expert Terri Maxwell with Weatherbee Resources in Hyannis, Mass. It’s an interesting "clarification" from CMS (see related story, p. 146), since HHH Medicare Administrative [...]