Source & Citation Policy

Source priority

StrokeBill prefers official sources for administrative facts: CMS, Medicare.gov, Medicaid/state agencies, code-system maintainers, payer policy documents, public health agencies, government healthcare portals, and recognized standards bodies.

Citation labels

• official: Government agencies, code-system maintainers, payer documents, standards bodies, and official public program pages.
• clinical-or-academic: Peer-reviewed research, clinical society guidance, and reputable academic or nonprofit sources.
• editorial: StrokeBill plain-language explanation that summarizes sourced facts and labels uncertainty.
• starter: Seed taxonomy or internal reference content that must stay cautious until reviewed against official sources.

Code content

Code pages explain billing-reference signals. Companion-code examples are phrased as examples, not coverage rules. CPT content must avoid reproducing licensed descriptors unless StrokeBill has the rights to display them.

Limits

Some official sources change URLs, update annually, or do not provide stable deep links. When that happens, StrokeBill should link to the official source entry point, record the accessed date where available, and label uncertainty instead of overstating the claim.