Question

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Group of answer choices

Coders should assign codes for all symptoms and all conditions documented.

Coders should assign codes for symptoms that are related but not integral to the diagnosis.

Coders should never assign codes for uncertain diagnoses.

Coders should assign a rule out code when coding for uncertain diagnoses.

Answer 1

True statement is that the codor should assign codes for the symptoms that are related but not integral to the diagnosis .

The codor need not assign codes for all the symptoms and all thr conditions documented because if diagnosis is made then the symptoms are considered to be part of the diagnosis.

For uncertain diagnoses, the codor should provide the code with highest certainty and should not issue "uncertain" , "Probable" , "rule out" codes .

So answer is 2nd option.