Stage pressure ulcers: specify origin and location so coders can reflect patient severity and assign proper codes
Medical Records Briefing, June 1, 2008
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Dear colleagues:
The fiscal year 2009 Inpatient Pro-spective Payment System proposed rule released April 14 broadened the hospital core measure quality reporting/reimbursement process to 72 metrics by 2010 and expanded the number of preventable conditions for which reimbursement will be withheld unless they are present on admission (POA). Additionally, 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates for three conditions are proposed as new core measures, requiring physicians and hospitals to collaborate in preventing repeat hospitalizations.
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