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3 Quick Tips Strengthen Your CDI Skills

Published on Wed Mar 21, 2018

Hint: Make sure the EMR info is accurate and timely. Every day, Medicare denies or reduces cardiology claims due to problems in the clinical documentation. Some common reasons are that the documentation did not meet the payer's local determination (LCD) requirements, the documentation didn't support the medical necessity of the procedure reported, or the provider's signature was missing from the [...]
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