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"So you are saying it’s perfectly OK, for each facility to do something, which a universal Code applies to, a completely different way ?"
That is not a universal code. If you look under AAPC the CPT Code 1220F is patient history.
"However I am surprised that in the precise Medical field, a National Code, for a thing, depends entirely, on someones feelings, not a strict, repeatable, universal, way of doing that thing."
Depression is not the same as a cut on the hand. Psychology is not the same as Surgery, which is why they are considered different fields. For instance you can't cut open hundreds of thousands of human brains, remove depression, and stitch them back together. You can do that with a human hand, and even at that, there is no strict, repeatable, universal, way of treating a cut on a hand. There are best practices, and multiple ways of fixing the same laceration. This is why second opinions exist. Also the coding you mention is the act of screening, not the result. Not sure how feeling applies, you were either screened, or you were not.
The real question if we take it into context of this topic on this thread is:
If the medical center tells you exactly how they want staff to enter code 1220F, are they lying to you? Or are they telling you the direct truth of what their expectations are, even if those expectations are ridiculous.
"I do believe it was removed, because several Million people told the Doctor/Nurse, (When they asked: ‘Do you have a Gun’) “ It’s none of your F’en Business ! "
At our facility it was done due to an increase of child trafficking and prostitution.
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