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Be accurate, thorough when coding patient visits
LAS VEGAS — Medical professionals should not shy away from using more than one correct Z code to describe a patient visit, according to a presentation at the Cardiometabolic Risk Summit. “This is not about us trying to game the system at all,” Timothy S. Harlan, MD, assistant dean for clinical services at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, said. “This is about us getting paid for the hard work we do.”