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Note from the CCDS Coordinator | Do you know where you’re going? | By Penny Richards From the “Oh, no!” files, here’s a story about a Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam candidate who missed the exam because he went to the wrong address. The candidate scheduled his test in a large city that just happens to have two H&R Block offices on the same street. He went to the wrong office. The nice people in the wrong office gave him a note that explained he had arrived on time, albeit to the wrong office. He got into his car and headed up (down?) the same street to the correct office, but arrived late. Exam policy states that late candidates are not permitted to enter and the H&R Block staff had to abide by that policy. |
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ACDIS Picks | Q&A: Who’s responsible for deciding which secondary diagnoses appears on a claim? | Q: Is it a coder’s responsibility to properly sequence secondary diagnoses or is this a process that happens when the codes are transferred to the super bill? My concern is with making sure that heavily weighted secondary diagnoses which affect SOI/ROM and HCCs are not making it to the bill, which could result in reduction of risk adjustment and quality stratification for our health system. What is considered “industry norm” for this process? |
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