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
