Complication and Comorbidity Coding Analyzer
Target your clinical documentation improvement efforts
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Topics: Revenue Cycle, Finance, Coding, Clinical Documentation, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, Quality
Tool in Brief
Purpose
Assembles cohort data for Medicare patients in FY2010 and pinpoints areas where your hospital's MS-DRG coding reflects a substantially higher or lower level of acuity than a self-identified peer group; useful for guiding clinical documentation improvement efforts or post-payment audit risk analyses.
Suggested users
Finance executives, revenue cycle executives, clinical documentation improvement managers
Type of tool
Web-based, benchmarking/survey
Key Information
Estimated completion time
Instant
Required inputs
- Select institution (analysis is pre-loaded with your institution’s MedPAR data; no additional claims data required)
- Select base MS-DRGs and compare their usage of specific diagnosis codes in these categories relative to the selected peer group
Tool outputs
- Provides cohort data and compares your institution’s coding acuity within specific base MS-DRGs with those of your peers
- Quantifies the revenue implications associated with these acuity variances
Screenshot of the Complication and Comorbidity Coding Analyzer
