Effects of computer-assisted documentation in orthopedic surgery on budget and reimbursement |
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Authors: | J Fritz C Gaissmaier R Volkmann D Höntzsch H Greschner |
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Institution: | Arztlicher Bereich, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen. |
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Abstract: | Summary
Since 1995 German health maintenance laws require hospitals to document and code all referals, admissions and discharges using
the 4-digit ICD. Operative procedures are documented and coded using the ICPM. Beginning in January 1996, reimbursement for
health services requires a diagnosis-related billing and payment for special procedures. The decision for billing is based
on documented diagnosis and therapy. This extended request for documentation makes an online access to diagnosis and therapy
with a computer-assisted coding system advisable. In 1996 in our hospital each diagnosis and operation was manually documented
and coded on a form. Since the beginning of 1997, documentation and coding has been exclusively computer-assisted. On the
basis of documented diagnosis and therapy the computer provides the route of reimbursement. Retrospectively we evaluated the
number of charged diagnosis-related billings and payments for special procedures from January to April of 1996 and 1997. It
became evident that with computer-assisted documentation and coding the number of detected and charged diagnosis-related billings
and payments for special procedures was significantly increased in comparison with the previous year.
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Keywords: | Diagnosis-related billing • Payment for special procedures • Health maintenance law • Computer-assisted documentation |
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