The principal diagnosis needs to be specific enough on the ICD-10 coding terminology that it does not result in ... A chart audit before every claim submission and after a change of condition, ...

Instruction can be found in Section II of the 2021 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for "Selection of Principal Diagnosis.". A version of this article was first published ...

A new Medicare hospice manual update includes instructions for which principal diagnosis codes are acceptable, and clarifies which codes should be used for services in a skilled versus non-skilled ...

In 2006, the average length of hospital stay for any condition was 4.6 days and the average charge was $24,000, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and ...