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Documentation Lacking? It’s OK to Query Physicians

Published on Thu Aug 19, 2021

Question: Thank you for your article last month on documentation tips. We read it and have a follow-up question. One of our newer GI physicians often creates documentation that’s missing the details we need to select the right code. We sometimes have to ask him for more details. One of the other physicians said that to make it easier, we [...]
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