Yes, you are correct. I am coder. This was a huge red flag for me when they came out with the coding guidelines in early 2020 for C19. Another thing I wonder is how many times does 1 patient get counted for a positive test. If you're admitted at one hospital and you test positive and then are transferred to another hospital does each of these count as separate cases? What about outpatient testing. If one tests positive and then goes for a follow up test to say, return to work or go back to a nursing home or something and they still test positive, is that counted again? Of course, you should only be counted as one case but we know how corrupt and money driven these sickos are so it wouldn't surprise me at all.
Technically, they're not supposed to retest with the PCR test within 3 months of a positive test (because it'll still be positive and you'll get a false positive result, and waste money on an unnecessary test). Docs should know that when ordering. I have no idea whether that's followed or not, nor how CDC's record keeping works as far as transferring known cases to difference facilities within the system.
Regardless I know enough other lies the CDC was involved in to inflate their numbers, I know they're corrupt. Where'd that 2020-21 flu season go? Magic! It disappeared right in time for a nice spike in COVID cases from October to March. hmm...
Yes, you are correct. I am coder. This was a huge red flag for me when they came out with the coding guidelines in early 2020 for C19. Another thing I wonder is how many times does 1 patient get counted for a positive test. If you're admitted at one hospital and you test positive and then are transferred to another hospital does each of these count as separate cases? What about outpatient testing. If one tests positive and then goes for a follow up test to say, return to work or go back to a nursing home or something and they still test positive, is that counted again? Of course, you should only be counted as one case but we know how corrupt and money driven these sickos are so it wouldn't surprise me at all.
Technically, they're not supposed to retest with the PCR test within 3 months of a positive test (because it'll still be positive and you'll get a false positive result, and waste money on an unnecessary test). Docs should know that when ordering. I have no idea whether that's followed or not, nor how CDC's record keeping works as far as transferring known cases to difference facilities within the system.
Regardless I know enough other lies the CDC was involved in to inflate their numbers, I know they're corrupt. Where'd that 2020-21 flu season go? Magic! It disappeared right in time for a nice spike in COVID cases from October to March. hmm...