Why is DRG I05B minor complexity? I thought DRGs ending in B are intermediate complexity?
23 May 26Why is DRG I05B minor complexity? I thought DRGs ending in B are intermediate complexity?
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Clinical Coding
Why do hospital records show both items 32222 and 32090-00 for a colonoscopy when it’s the same procedure? Why are the items completely different?
8 May 26I’m doing research and am confused about codes. Why do hospital records for the same patient show both items 32222 and 32090-00 for a colonoscopy when it’s the same procedure? Why are the it…
read more >We are a new private hospital and knew about HCP and PHDB reporting but have been told we also have to do PHISCO – what’s that?
24 April 26We are a new, small private hospital in NSW and have only been open for a few months. We have been informed we have to submit PHISCO data but we thought we only had to submit HCP and PHDB data…
read more >If our hospital is not being paid on DRGs does the accuracy of our clinical coding really matter?
18 April 26We are a small private hospital and can’t afford to hire clinical coders so we have been doing it ourselves. However, we have recently become aware that we are making coding errors. While we k…
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