Multiple Choice
Which of the following is/are a reason(s) why the discharge summary is not the only document from which codes are captured?
A) Coders may not have a discharge summary at the time of coding.
B) If the patient is in the hospital for a long stay, the attending physician will often be focused only on those diagnoses that occurred in the latter part of the stay.
C) Physicians list diagnoses that are not currently being treated and are only in the patient's history.
D) All of the options are correct.
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