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Make Sure Records Support OASIS

Published on Fri May 23, 2014

Documentation that doesn’t support the OASIS M0 items chosen is climbing the charts when it comes to reasons for claims denials. Results from five recent Palmetto GBA edits showed that denial code 5CHG1, which indicates “Medical Review HIPPS Code Change/Documentation Contradicts MO Item(s),” was the top reason in nearly all of the edit results for give different HIPPS codes including [...]
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