AFIB-0825 - Options for Submitting Follow Up Entries-AFIB-0825 - Options for Submitting Follow Up Entries

AFIB-0825 - Options for Submitting Follow Up Entries

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The discussion addresses how abstractors should submit follow-up entries after Mrs. Lopez’s successful atrial fibrillation procedure and subsequent medical encounters. Abstractors may either document each encounter separately or combine all encounters into one follow-up entry. The decision is left to the facility's and abstractor's discretion. If combined, the follow-up office visit with the electrophysiologist is used as the assessment date, and all prior encounters (ED visit and office visits) are included in the coding. This flexible approach allows abstractors to choose the method best suited for comprehensive and accurate patient data capture.

Keywords

hospitalization sequence 15759

Mr. Huang

AFib ablation

cardiac ED visit

coding hierarchy

abstractors

atrial fibrillation

follow-up entries

medical encounters

coding guidelines