FL 70 A-C is used to report what type of information?

FL 70 A-C is used to report what type of information?

• A. Used for inpatient principal diagnosis.
• B. Used to report external causes.
• C. Used to report the codes for the initial visit's diagnoses in outpatient settings.
• D. Reserved for assignment.

Answer: (C)

FL 70 A-C is the place on the UB-04 form that holds the ICD-10-CM codes for the initial diagnoses related to an outpatient visit. In outpatient encounters, the claim needs to show the presenting problems and the initial diagnoses identified during that first visit, and FL 70 A-C is designed to capture up to three of those codes. This is different from inpatient billing, where the principal diagnosis is reported in other fields, and from external causes, which are entered in separate areas of the form. So FL 70 A-C is specifically used to report the codes for the initial visit’s diagnoses in outpatient settings.

FL 70 A-C is the place on the UB-04 form that holds the ICD-10-CM codes for the initial diagnoses related to an outpatient visit. In outpatient encounters, the claim needs to show the presenting problems and the initial diagnoses identified during that first visit, and FL 70 A-C is designed to capture up to three of those codes. This is different from inpatient billing, where the principal diagnosis is reported in other fields, and from external causes, which are entered in separate areas of the form. So FL 70 A-C is specifically used to report the codes for the initial visit’s diagnoses in outpatient settings.