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- Resolve Initial vs. Subsequent Encounter Misconceptions - AAPC
Initial vs Subsequent It’s been six years since the ICD-10-CM implementation, but many coders and providers still struggle with assigning the seventh character for initial and subsequent encounters These 7 th characters identify two episodes of care that incur distinct management options and costs
- When Is an Injury Initial, Subsequent, or Sequela? - AAPC
Many injury codes in Chapter 19 of ICD-10-CM require a 7th character to identify the episode of care: initial, subsequent, or sequela
- Wiki - Initial vs subsequent vs sequela | Medical Billing and Coding . . .
The use of the initial vs subsequent vs sequela is not based on the encounter being the first encounter with the provider It is based on the status of the injury If the fracture was appropriately and definitively treated in the ER and your provider is following up on that care then you use the 7th character for subsequent even if this is a new patient encounter or you are seeing the patient
- CPT® Code 99231 - Subsequent Hospital Inpatient or Observation . . . - AAPC
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 99231 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Subsequent Hospital Inpatient or Observation Care
- Select the Right Episode of Care Every Time - AAPC
Timing is everything when defining and capturing the 7th character in an ICD-10-CM code ICD-10-CM brought about new concepts for diagnosis coding, with The alphabetic seventh character represents the timing of the encounter: initial, subsequent, or sequela
- Fracture Diagnosis Coding: Initial Visit vs. Subsequent Visit
Subsequent Means Aftercare Subsequent equates to aftercare treatment, and may be appropriate to code even when it’s the provider’s first time seeing the patient For example, if the first time a provider sees the patient for the fracture is to continue post-treatment care, the initial visit is a subsequent fracture encounter
- How To Confidently Report Myocardial Infarctions In Your Practice - AAPC
For old or healed MI, report I25 2 (Old myocardial infarction), Oliver added Subsequent MIs require the use of category I22- (Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction) to be used when the patient who has suffered a Type I or unspecified AMI has a new AMI within the four-week timeframe of the original
- Stop CPT® 99232 From Being Denied - AAPC Knowledge Center
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient or observation care, per day, for evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and or examination and moderate level of decision making When using total time on the date of the encounter for code selection, 35 minutes must be met or exceeded
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