By: Valentina Gallegos, BA, CPC, CRC
Imagine walking into your exam room and seeing ONE code that tells a plethora about your patient’s story.
For example: I13.0 Hypertensive Heart Disease with Chronic Kidney Disease. This one code tells you that the patient has Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Congestive Heart Failure.
Knowing the full acuity of your patient’s health status is just one of the perks of coding to the highest specificity with every encounter. By doing this, you not only assure the patient is getting the best care you can offer, but you are also telling their whole story to the next provider they may see.
At CHPA, we recognize this is not an easy task and alongside your hard-working staff, CHPA has offered to help lessen the load. With the pre-visit planning program, CHPA becomes the second set of eyes you so desire at no extra cost! Our risk adjustment & quality specialists are CRC certified, have access to payer portals, and can offer suggestions to maximize every patient encounter. From open HEDIS measures like Breast Cancer Screenings to amputations that can be easily missed CHPA puts in the extra data mining time, which in turn, results in shared savings for all of your hard work. It is our honor to be partnered with such outstanding professionals and we look forward to adding more providers to our pre-visit planning team as we enthusiastically set our eyes on the third quarter! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our pre-visit planning team to see how we can support you today.
