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==History== | ==History== | ||
*The CAP-ACP workload committee document states this rule has ''not'' been modified from the 2014 edition of L4E (see ''Page 4'').<ref name=capacp2018/> However, the ''General Guidelines for Coding'' (see ''Page 7'') have changed for L2 (from 0.333 L4E to 0.25 L4E);<ref name=capacp2018/> thus, the rule in the 2018 edition of L4E results in a different weighting where larger cases have significantly less value. | *The CAP-ACP workload committee document states this rule has ''not'' been modified from the 2014 edition of L4E (see ''Page 4'').<ref name=capacp2018/> However, the ''General Guidelines for Coding'' (see ''Page 7'') have changed for L2 (from 0.333 L4E to 0.25 L4E);<ref name=capacp2018/> thus, the rule in the 2018 edition of L4E results in a different weighting where larger cases have significantly less value. | ||
**A 10 block benign hemithyroidectomy in 2014 was 3.33 L4Es; in the 2018 edition | **A 10 block benign hemithyroidectomy in 2014 was 3.33 L4Es; in the 2018 edition it is 2.5 L4Es. | ||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
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*[[L4E rule 5 (2014)|Rule 5]] may apply to cases requiring a synoptic report as per the CAP | *[[L4E rule 5 (2014)|Rule 5]] may apply to cases requiring a synoptic report as per the CAP. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[L4E rules of 2014]]. | *[[L4E rules of 2018]]. | ||
*[[L4E rule 4 (2014)]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||