Alphabetic_index_and_Tabular_list_memo.docx Alphabetic index and Tabular list memo HCR

Alphabetic_index_and_Tabular_list_memo.docx    Alphabetic index and Tabular list memo  HCR/201  Medical Billing and coding  Memo:  The purpose of the Alphabetic Index and the Tubular list is to find the most specific code for the conditions of the patients, usually by using the most specific code available, by doing this, you are less likely to have your claim rejected or partially paid. Therefore, it is important to make sure that the use of the Alphabetic index and Tabular list is used correctly. The first steps to this is to look for the main term for the patients condition in the Index. When you locate the correct and accurate term that best fits the patient™s diagnosis, you will look for any sub terms that may provide a specific code available. You will then verify that the code is from the Tabular list, this list is made up of twenty-one chapters of disease classifications and codes. You as the billing clerk will use these codes when filing insurance claims, to process the claim properly, it is important that you use the appropriate and accurate coding procedure. Any incorrect codes can cause a denial result of an insurance claim or failure of the insurance company to authorize follow-up appointments/procedures for the patient and may cause many other problems as well.  An example may include a patient who is diagnosed with a headache, but more of a stabbing pain headache, sub term for this patients™ symptoms. Idiopathic stabbing headache, the correct code for this case is G44.85. If you make an error, by entering