title: Know difference between APC coding systems.
abstract: You'll need to revise your chargemasters to include all of the evaluation and management CPT codes for emergency and clinic technical services to prepare for the Health Care Financing Administration's switch to ambulatory payment classifications for outpatient services. Physician- and hospital-generated CPT codes present different challenges. Physician CPT coding should never be performed on the higher-level visits without complete documentation of the higher-level visits. A descriptive patient classification system (PCS) does not accurately portray the intensity of the visit, but the quantified PCS lists specific nursing tasks and assigns a point value to each one.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karpiel
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004282:Documentation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States