It’s just been less than 2 weeks of new code book update and we just got our new code book. We saw some patients and provider has documented chronic atrial fibrillation (under the 2019 ICD book). Coder is saying doctor needs to go back to each encounter for the past 2 weeks, starting Oct 1 and clarify whether the chronic afib is permanent or not. She wants to see the word longstanding on the persistent afib or we would get “in trouble” with insurances.

Can someone please clarify what kind of trouble we would be in for coding unspecified chronic afib if that is what the provider documented?