ICD-10:
Boost Documentation Capital With Z Codes
Published on Fri May 03, 2019
Tip: Check out miscellaneous options for treatments that don’t fit into a category. Z codes are your keys to documenting chronic conditions or underlying physical or social circumstances that can affect a patient’s current health status or treatment. According to the ICD-10-CM chapter guidelines, “Z codes indicate a reason for an encounter.” The guidelines further explain that codes in the [...]