Download or read book Physician's Pocket Guide to Medicare Risk Adjustment Documentation written by Mhsc Mhl Thomas, CCS CCS-P and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to offer quick documentation tips for providers from a medical coder/auditor point of view. Medicare Risk Adjustment is driven by diagnoses. Specific and supportive documentation is very important not only for appropriate code selection but also to validate patient diagnoses. So what is it exactly that we look for when we are validating diagnoses? MEAT! We want to make sure that the diagnoses documented by the provider are Monitored, Evaluated, Addressed/Assessed, and Treated. Ultimately, specific and supportive documentation= appropriate coding = appropriate reimbursement.