Reimbursement is determined by the basic flow of information from the clinician documenting in the patient’s record to the coder assigning the codes in the record. This flow can best be understood by the following flow chart:

Coding Policies and Procedures

1. Introduction
2. Sources for Coding Guidelines
3. Why Develop Comprehensive Coding Guidelines?
4. Who should be involved?
5. How should the guidelines be developed?
6. What Should the Content of Coding Guidelines be?
7. Coding Education to Reinforce Coding Guidelines