Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a “frequently identified, highly morbid condition” associated with increased mortality, hospitalizations, and significant financial burden. What steps can you and your provider take to ensure this condition is both documented and coded correctly? Below are four strategies to improve your Pulmonary Hypertension coding practices. 1. Understand Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) The Pulmonary […]
The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous classification code was difficult even in simpler times. Now, however, hospitals and health insurance companies want very detailed information on what was wrong with a […]