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Are These 2 HPI Glitches Putting You At Risk For E/M Audit Scrutiny?

Published on Wed Jul 24, 2013

How the “Acuity Caveat” could be sabotaging your documentation. As an ED coder, you’re facing heightened scrutiny from insurance company auditors who’re scouring E/M claims for documentation gaps in history of present illness. If your physicians adequately noteanatomic site details when patients present with illness and understand how to apply the acuity caveat, you’ll circumvent denials and down-coded claims. The [...]
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