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Use These Tips for Educating Providers on Diagnosis Documentation

Published on Mon Nov 03, 2025

When your provider’s documentation falls short, approach them with official guidelines and confidence. Sometimes an encounter summary does not match the diagnosis codes in the progress note, and it creates a discrepancy in the patient’s medical record that can lead to medical errors, insurance claim denials and, if done repeatedly, legal issues. For example, when a provider has a diagnosis [...]
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