From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English heck heck 1 / hek / interjection informal 1 ANNOY EMPHASIZE used to show that you are annoyed or to emphasize what you are saying Oh heck! Iâve lost my keys! âDo you believe him?â âHeck, no.â 2 â did he heck/will it heck etc
The  Principal Diagnosis  (PDX) for inpatient care is defined as that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care.
January 4, 2013 3:40 PM â¢ Coding and Billing â¢ No Comments. In the fourth quarter AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM the reporting of the principal procedure is clarified. Prior to this coding clinic the definition of the principal procedure was ambiguous and open to interpretation. The reason why this is important is because the assignment of the correct principal procedure can affect the DRG that is assigned. This in turn can affect the reimbursement that is provided. This coding clinic provides the following four instructions for the selection of the principal procedure. 1  Procedure performed for definitive treatment of both principal diagnosis and secondary diagnosis. 2  Sequence procedure performed for definitive treatment most related to principal diagnosis as principal procedure.