RE: [EXTERNAL] RE:Morbid Obesity along with joint replacements
You are welcome to offer my opinion to your coding leaders.
Coding Clinic "always' considers the UHDDS Definitions if/when Coding Clinic indicates a condition qualifies as a 'reportable condition'.
Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS
Manager, Regional Clinical Documentation & Coding Integrity
Sutter West Bay
633 Folsom St., 7th Floor, Office 7-044
San Francisco, CA 94107
Cell: 415.412.9421
evanspx@sutterhealth.org
Coding Clinic "always' considers the UHDDS Definitions if/when Coding Clinic indicates a condition qualifies as a 'reportable condition'.
Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS
Manager, Regional Clinical Documentation & Coding Integrity
Sutter West Bay
633 Folsom St., 7th Floor, Office 7-044
San Francisco, CA 94107
Cell: 415.412.9421
evanspx@sutterhealth.org