Wiki HCC Coding - What exactly

Create Wiki
It stands for Hierarchical Condition Categories. Medicare has classified about 3,000 of the 14,000 ICD-9 diagnosis codes into HCCs or categories designating chronic conditions that end up costing them more money over the long run, such as diabetes, kidney failure, old MI, etc. When patients are assigned these ICD-9 codes, Medicare sees those beneficiaries as being more severely ill than the "average" Medicare beneficiary.

I haven't done it, but there is a lot of information out there about it. Check out:

http://health-information.advancewe...g-CMSs-Hierarchical-Condition-Categories.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV7ErWvFYwE

Hope that helps! :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top