Top 3 operational challenges for providers adopting HCC coding

To facilitate full and accurate Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding, it is important for providers to take a disciplined approach to documenting medical encounters in patient records. To this end, the AAPC suggests providers use the acronym “MEAT” to help support accurate HCC coding and proper documentation: M: Monitoring signs, symptoms, disease progression, disease regression E: Evaluating test results, medication effectiveness, response to treatment A: Assessing/Addressing ordered tests, discussion, review records, counseling T: Treating medications, therapies, other modalities

To facilitate full and accurate Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding, it is important for providers to take a disciplined approach to documenting medical encounters in patient records. To this end, the AAPC suggests providers use the acronym “MEAT” to help support accurate HCC coding and proper documentation:

• M: Monitoring signs, symptoms, disease progression, disease regression
• E: Evaluating test results, medication effectiveness, response to treatment
• A: Assessing/Addressing ordered tests, discussion, review records, counseling
• T: Treating medications, therapies, other modalities