Queizati
Networker
There is a debate we are having with the billers and coders.
Those who are familiar with this EMR (or EMRs in general), may know that when a physician selects an ICD-10 code for a visit, that code and its descriptor will then display in various areas in the EMR. Would you consider this a "diagnostic statement" as per the ICD-10 guidelines to code a diagnosis from, despite it not being in the body of the progress note and despite the assessment and plan diagnosis not aligning with the chosen ICD code(s)?
As you can see in the first image, highlighting the ICD-10 descriptor shows the associated diagnosis codes selected by the physician.
The billers say we can use the ICD-10 descriptor generated by the EMR to assign a code but the coders feel the coding should be done by what is stated by the physician within the progress notes.
What would you do?
Those who are familiar with this EMR (or EMRs in general), may know that when a physician selects an ICD-10 code for a visit, that code and its descriptor will then display in various areas in the EMR. Would you consider this a "diagnostic statement" as per the ICD-10 guidelines to code a diagnosis from, despite it not being in the body of the progress note and despite the assessment and plan diagnosis not aligning with the chosen ICD code(s)?
As you can see in the first image, highlighting the ICD-10 descriptor shows the associated diagnosis codes selected by the physician.
The billers say we can use the ICD-10 descriptor generated by the EMR to assign a code but the coders feel the coding should be done by what is stated by the physician within the progress notes.
What would you do?
This is why you don't have billers coding.