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Gastroenterology Coding Alert

These Are the Big Five Focus Areas

Published on Thu Feb 07, 2019

GI coders should get to know five main areas involved in provider audits: E/M  Codes. Everyone is interested in audits of E/M codes, Cohen said. Although E/M codes make up one percent of all procedure codes, they comprise about 18-20 percent of all volume and about 26 percent of the total paid claim amount. “I’ve done 400-500 post audit extrap­olation [...]
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