Gemini18
Expert
Good Morning ALL -
This question was asked by a friend of mine who is going through a coding school now. I would think hospitalists coding is the same as physician coding but I want to be exact. So, I'm posting this to get some insight. Thank you in advance.
"I have a question about the probable and possible.
Would our coding not fall under inpatient guidelines Section II section H uncertain diagnosis where inpatient short term, acute, long term and pyschiatric hospitals can code probable suspected likely questionable possible or rule out?"
I know that those cannot be coded in an outpatient setting.
This question was asked by a friend of mine who is going through a coding school now. I would think hospitalists coding is the same as physician coding but I want to be exact. So, I'm posting this to get some insight. Thank you in advance.
"I have a question about the probable and possible.
Would our coding not fall under inpatient guidelines Section II section H uncertain diagnosis where inpatient short term, acute, long term and pyschiatric hospitals can code probable suspected likely questionable possible or rule out?"
I know that those cannot be coded in an outpatient setting.