KevinMD August 18, 2019
One of the great nuisances in medicine is diagnosis coding. According to Medicare and insurance companies across the U.S., each and every disease must have a unique number. Everything must be quantified and recorded. Why? To facilitate analysis, number-crunching, regulations, reimbursements and, of course, we sometimes joke, to perpetuate the jobs of the coders. They usually know the nuances better than the doctors.
Is it truly possible to describe Mrs. Brown’s frequently upset stomach as a letter, number combination? But alas, we must be accountable for what we do. Value and quality are the buzzwords these days.
Electronic health records (EHR) are supposed to help us, but they really don’t. So here’s a quick tour of the International...
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