Long-Haul COVID-19 Cases Are Potential Risk for Claim Denials
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/21
Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 17 (May 3, 2021) - With the pandemic in its second year, coding and documentation of long-haul COVID-19 patients who are admitted or readmitted to the hospital may be a sleeper risk. They pose coding challenges because long-haul COVID-19 patients don’t have active infections and documentation may be murky, an expert said. At the same time, hospitals have seen denials for other COVID-19 claims, including patient status and sequencing....
By: Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)