Medical Coding Unit 1 Dis

Medical Coding II

1/ Coding of healthcare services for inpatient services and outpatient services different?

2/ Review below one of the “ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting” # C and discuss if there is any difference in the guidelines for inpatient versus outpatient services. Why or why not? Support your answer with an example as appropriate.

# C: Accurate reporting of ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes

For accurate reporting of ICD-10CM diagnosis codes, the documentation should describe the patient’s condition, using terminology which includes specific diagnoses as well as symptoms, problems, or reasons for the encounter. There are ICD-10-CM codes to describe all of these.