Welcome to Coffee with the Coder^®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with the Coder^® To receive text notifications send an email to help@AQ-IQ.com with your request. We will text you in the hour prior to the start of the next episode.

In Episode 97, Paula Digby addresses a concern about the Principal Diagnosis for a rehabilitation patient. Another listener asks whether to report a followup or a rejection code in a transplant patient. When reporting timed physical therapy modalities, another asks how many can be reported when each lasts 8 minutes.  Finally, an anonymous asker is concerned about determining exposure regarding a compliance issue. 

Congratulations to today’s winner,  Freddie.  Thank you, Dawn for sending in this delightful “mug shot”. 

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