Discuss the linkage between certain revenue codes and either HCPCS codes or ICD-9-CM codes.
What will be an ideal response?
Revenue codes associated with specific services will require specific diagnosis or procedure code assignments. If a revenue code indicates pulmonary services were provided and the diagnosis indicates the patient's problem was an ankle sprain, there is no connection between the two. Edits will result.
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