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Here’s What Thought Leaders are Saying about ABC Codes….
“ABC codes were included in our desk reference because they fill in the holes for
chiropractic services. In many instances, chiropractic specific services are not
included in the CPT code set.”
-D.H. Leavitt, President/CEO ChiroCode Institute
“With the addition of ABC codes under HIPAA, APNs could achieve the benefits
available to our physician colleagues…
• Reductions in paperwork burdens
• Reductions in the cost of processing healthcare claims
• Access to claims data that will point to effective nursing care
• Increased access to managed care provider networks”
-Christine Carson Filipovich, MSN, RN, Executive Director
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
“The ABC codes include over 800 nursing interventions from two existing ANA
recognized nursing terminologies, western and oriental nutraceuticals, homeopathic
remedies, other interventions also not included within CPT and HCPCS II. A rules
engine tracks laws regulating legal use of ABC coded interventions for each
profession in each state.”
Barbara Bakeney, MS, RN, Former President
American Nursing Association
“ABC codes will provide healthcare practitioners in academic and clinical centers with
the only such tool available for us to track efficacy of the care we provide…. Used as a
supplement to the HIPAA codes, ABC codes will enhance access to appropriate third
party payment.”
-Ionela O. Hubbard, LAc., MAOM, QME, Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University,
School of Medicine
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