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    Wiki Inpatient- Capturing Secondary DX Appropriately

    Hello I am looking for feedback specifically for Inpatient visits. Currently, I follow the below advice for IP auditing. For OP, I use M.E.A.T to help guide coders and other auditors on my team for capturing SDX. Our facility does not specifically apply M.E.A.T to our IP area at this time...
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    Wiki Coding with MEAT or not

    I have been doing RA coding for insurance companies for 4 years now. When I was originally trained, I was told to look for MEAT or TAMPER for every RA code before submitting to CMS. However, CMS also says to follow ICD 10 guidelines. In the 2017 ICD 10 guidelines, this statement was added...
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    Wiki Chronic 8?

    Hello, I am an hcc coding auditor and for the most part if a diagnosis does not have meat or tamper we do not code it. Some clients refer to a "Chronic 8" conditions list which are considered to be conditions that never go away that do not require meat in order to capture as current. these...
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