Importance of accurate diagnosis, documentation, and coding.

Overview

Accurate Diagnosis, Documentation & Coding (ADDC) ensures our patients’ conditions are documented and coded at the highest level of specificity at least once annually and is critical to a successful, value-based care partnership. Adopting best ADDC practices includes consistently reporting active, chronic diagnoses in the “Assessment / Impression” and “Plan” to the highest level of known specificity along with supporting criteria for each condition to allow for accurate diagnosis code assignment during the encounter.

Supporting patient care

ADDC allows for allocating resources to high-risk patients and populations, investing in prevention and high-quality primary care, and ultimately providing the right care at the right time. ADDC also aligns with several quality measures and leads to improved health outcomes and patient experience.

Please reach out to our ADDC team for any additional documentation and coding support at [email protected].