Medical Coding

How to improve ICD-10 productivity with remote coding?

Medical coding productivity may be returning to pre-ICD-10 productivity levels but there still is more ICD-10 coders. To meet that demand. For the Record explains how remote coding could provide strong advantages for healthcare providers: Greater flexibility in staffing. Availability of medical coders when case loads increase. Deeper pool of medical…
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Tricks of the Trade about OB/GYN Billing

From pregnancy, delivery, and beyond, the OB GYN practice is dedicated to caring for women at every stage of life. Obstetrics and gynecology focus on the two medically separate states of pregnancy and non pregnancy, and these two states can be combined in a surgical-medical specialty that allows them to…
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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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