Medical Coding

How Overcoding and Undercoding can harm a Medical Practice?

Overcoding and undercoding are two coding mistakes that can have damaging results on the medical office. Medical coding is not just about receiving reimbursements for services provided. Coding claims accurately lets the insurance payer know the illness or injury of the patient and the method of treatment. Overcoding is Fraud: Overcoding leads to insurance companies making much higher…
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E/M Coding Evaluation & Medicare Recoupment

Practices that bill Medicare incorrectly create newsworthy events. If you don’t want to see your practice on the front page for the wrong reasons, you’ll need to check your E/M coding conventions to be sure you aren’t miscoding E/M services. The lowdown: In 2014 Medicare Fee-for-Service improper payment rate was 12.7 percent.…
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