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More Precise Medical Codes Aim to Track Quality of Care
Today, U.S. health providers use a system of roughly 14,000 codes to designate a diagnosis, for reimbursement purposes and in medical databases. To get more precise, the updated system has about 68,000 codes, essentially an expanded dictionary to capture more of the details from a patient’s chart
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Patient Criteria for Good Docs Fall Short, Study Says
Study shows a quality physician is hard to find.
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More Precise Medical Codes Aim to Track Quality of Care
Today, U.S. health providers use a system of roughly 14,000 codes to designate a diagnosis, for reimbursement purposes and in medical databases. To get more precise, the updated system has about 68,000 codes, essentially an expanded dictionary to capture more of the details from a patient’s chart
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Patient Criteria for Good Docs Fall Short, Study Says
Study shows a quality physician is hard to find.
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