All,
I talked over the billing section of the outline with one of our business
planning folks who works with hospital account data and based on that
conversation I would recommend the following adjustments to the billing
diagnosis modifiers.
Original:
BILLING DX
DISCHARGE DX PRINCIPAL
DISCHARGE DX NONPRINCIPAL
PROFESSIONAL DX PRIMARY
PROFESSIONAL DX NONPRIMARY
Suggested:
BILLING DIAGNOSIS
ADMIT DIAGNOSIS PRINCIPAL
ADMIT DIAGNOSIS SECONDARY
ADMIT DIAGNOSIS PRESENT ON ADMISSION
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS PRINCIPAL
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS SECONDARY
Reasons:
The main set of diagnosis found on the bill are discharge diagnosis (at least
from a CLARITY perspective)
Non-principal diagnosis are collectively referred to as secondary
For admitting diagnosis it is important to know if it is/was present on
admission
Does the group have any thoughts and/or other suggestions?
Nathan Wilson
From: Greater Plains Collaborative Software Development
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Connolly
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: modifier proposal from hackathon
This was on the presentation machine at the hackathon.
I gather it's a proposed modifier hierarchy.
--
Dan
