Which statement is NOT a purpose of HCC coding?

Which statement is NOT a purpose of HCC coding?

• A. Determine hospital building size
• B. Predict future costs
• C. Risk adjustment for funding
• D. Chronic disease management

Answer: (A)

HCC coding quantifies a patient’s health risk through recorded diagnoses to generate a risk score used in funding and care decisions. It is designed to predict future healthcare costs so payments can reflect patient risk, and it can inform risk adjustment for funding. It also supports chronic disease management by highlighting high‑risk conditions that need ongoing care. Determining hospital building size, however, has no connection to a patient’s health risk or the resulting risk score; building size is a facility attribute not derived from diagnostic information. So that statement is not a purpose of HCC coding.

HCC coding quantifies a patient’s health risk through recorded diagnoses to generate a risk score used in funding and care decisions. It is designed to predict future healthcare costs so payments can reflect patient risk, and it can inform risk adjustment for funding. It also supports chronic disease management by highlighting high‑risk conditions that need ongoing care. Determining hospital building size, however, has no connection to a patient’s health risk or the resulting risk score; building size is a facility attribute not derived from diagnostic information. So that statement is not a purpose of HCC coding.