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Connie,
Yes, and maybe.
As Kepa said, the zeros must be there, or the meaning is
changed.
There has been much discussion about the dot in the ICD9
codes. The dot is, indeed part of the code, however, payers insist on
playing by theri rules (and, since we like getting paid, we're likely to
accomodate them). Most payers insist on stripping the
dot; some want it. If you look at the examples in the IGs, dots are
stripped on the 837P examples; they are present in the 837I examples [Confusion
reigns supreme!]. The receiver really should be flexible enough to accept
it either way, and format it the way the back-end system wants. The lack
of flexibility creates a brittle system that can break easily, but HIPAA does
not mandate that a system work well.
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the opinion of
LCMH.
Douglas M. Webb Computer System Engineer Little Company of Mary
Hospital & Health Care Centers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 06:00
PM
Subject: RE: ICD9 codes
We leave in leading and trailing zeroes, and remove the decimal
or dot,
right?
Connie
-----Original Message-----
From: Kepa
Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10,
2003 9:09 AM
To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List
Subject: Re: ICD9
codes
Tom,
That is not correct. There are not "numbers" but
"codes" so by removing the
trailing zero you substantially change the
meaning of the code. You cannot
do that. The trailing zero
needs to stay in place. Same issue for leading
zeroes, they are
significant too.
Kepa Zubeldia
Claredi
On Wednesday 10
September 2003 09:45 am, Tom Berthoff wrote:
> Greetings -
>
> Just double checking.
>
> I was under the impression
that ICD9 codes with trailing zeros transmitted
in HIPAA EDI
transaction sets need to be sent without the trailing zero,
i.e.
428.0
becomes 428, not 4280.
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny
this?
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Berthoff
>
Senior Applications Developer
> Home Health Corporation of
America
> 620 Freedom Business Center
> Suite 105
> King of
Prussia, PA 19406
> 610-205-2458 x316
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