Wiki Up and Down Arrows for Lab

mclaims99

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Some of our providers will use up arrows and down arrows in their diagnosis for lab instead of spelling out the full diagnosis. Like a up arrow in front of magnesium so the coder would put elevated magnesium. By doing this is the coder assuming the up and down arrows mean elevated/decrease which would be interpreting the data which coders are not allowed to do?
 
I see no issue with up/down arrows as they are a common medical abbreviation. the coder is not interpreting data. It would be the same as seeing HTN and coding Hypertension. Just my opinion.
 
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