Tag: Coding Accuracy

Adapting Risk Adjustment Coding

How Adapting Risk Adjustment Coding Can Change Healthcare Landscape?

Risk adjustment coding plays a vital role in the healthcare sector by capturing and documenting the severity of patient conditions. Its primary purpose is to guarantee precise reimbursement and risk adjustment scores. Given the ever-changing healthcare landscape, it is imperative for healthcare providers and coding professionals to remain adaptable and well-informed about the evolving requirements. […]
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Benefits of Automated Medical Coding

How Automated Medical Coding Benefits Healthcare Sectors?

The relationship between medical coding and patient care may not initially appear connected, and they may even seem like complete opposites. While medical coding focuses on billing and revenue, patient care revolves around providing care to individuals. An from leading E-magazine’s recent article  emphasized this distinction, asserting that prioritizing care is essential over coding. However, […]
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Optimizing the Billing and Collection Process for Medical Billing Companies

The billing and collection process in medical offices can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. This can lead to denied claims, uncollected revenue, and frustrated patients. Medical billing companies are looking for ways to optimize this process to improve efficiency, accuracy, and patient satisfaction. One way to optimize the billing and collection process is to […]
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2021 ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines Get a Refresh

Several changes have been recently made to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The guidelines changes affect code assignment for conditions and symptoms related to COVID-19. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the updates in December 2020. Familiarize yourself with the following new and revised guidance to […]
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Medical Coding

Medical billing and coding is an integral component of healthcare. The medical coding outsourcing market alone is projected to reach16.9 billion dollars by 2021. However, coding accuracy is an ongoing challenge. To maximize efficiency and accuracy of the medical coding process, companies are testing the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. The current problem is […]
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ICD-11: The New Reality for Providers

Now is the time to begin preparing for the new code set. It is good to be back to talk about ICD-11. Yes, it’s a reality now, and all providers can start to get prepared for this significant new ICD-11 coding system. ICD-11 has been years in the making, and it is a result of […]
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ICD-11 Is Looming – 8 Steps To Prepare

The newest version of the International Classification of Diseases, ICD-11, is set to take effect in January 2022, according to Software Advice, a business solutions company. Software Advice created a timeline to help providers prepare for the transition: December 2019: Become familiar with the new International Classification of Diseases chapters and codes. January 2020: Communicate with revenue […]
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ICD-10, Diagnostic Errors & Payment Reforms to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy

In October 2015, physicians across the United States transitioned from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision to the tenth revision (ICD-10-CM, the US version of the World Health Organization [WHO] ICD-10). Although the ICD-10-CM was a new concept for physicians in the United States, the international variant has been available since […]
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