Imaging Reports for Greater Specificity
By: Amphion’s Training and Education Team
This Week’s Tip:
Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM, 3rd Quarter, 2014, Page 5
Use of Imaging Reports for Greater Specificity
Use of Imaging Reports to Confirm Catheter Placement
Just as Coding Clinic has in the past supported the assignment of a more specific fracture code based on specificity of imaging reports, Coding Clinic also now supports the use of imaging reports for greater specificity of for example exact site of stroke or infarction.
Coding Clinic Coding Clinic also supports the use of imaging reports to determine the end placement of a device when the physician documents the procedure without specificity.
If you have any questions about this coding tip, please feel free to email us.
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