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You are a member of the chargemaster maintenance team. Identify five new CPT codes that were recently added or that will be added for the upcoming calendar year. Create a workflow to ensure that all data elements required in the CDM are identified, verified and signed off on for inclusion in the CDM.
Effective charge description master(CDM) management goes well
setting up new codes correctly. HIM Professionals increasing in
numbers and doing their work correctly in order to manage the CDM
health care facilitites..After a comprehensive assessment of CDM
precess,new charges request and processes,and it decreasing the
work timing.Because of that staff education is a top most priority
for CDM managemaent grew..They have to updated refect ongoing code
changes..
Recently added CPT codes:-
? 52341- Cystourethroscopy,with treatment of ureteral
stricture
00740- Anesthesia for upper gastro intestinal
endoscopic procedure
? 00811- Anesthesia for lower intestinal endoscopic procedure
? 00813- Anesthesia for upper and lower
gastrointestinal endoscopic procedure
00812- Anesthesia for lower intestinal endoscopic
procedure,screening colonoscopy
?Process and Workflow of CDM:-
? --A large and multi facility enterprises creating
management position of cpm managers and consider creating a CDM
department..
--Creating team experts and users.
--Involving this experting for creating
new CDM items and charging data and existing CDM items.
? --Improving a standardized new charge request
form..
? --Automate this form by database application that
can process through e-mail..
--Interface the database application
directly into computer CDM file..
Process implementation:-
? --Clinical department manager have to initiate this
form and list the item and price..
--This will be faxed to HIM staff to
assign the CPT codes.
? --Then this will be faxed to patient account through
the staff to assign the UB-92 Revenue codes..
? --Finally the form faxed to CDM Staff for manual
data entry into the CDM..
?Charge description master finally verify and identify closely
examine the service description,item codes,revenue codes,CPT codes
and price and need to be updated or revised..
? The executive finance team at hospital again
reviewing charge levels for each description..The team leader has
requested a CDM management report from CDM coordinator..They will
report to medicare reimbursement,cost and profit for procedure
performed during first quarter 20xx..