Pulmonology Coding Alert

Part B Errors:

Pulmonologists Logged Among the Highest Subsequent Hospital Visit Error Rates

You can avoid their mistakes by following a few quick tips. Seeing patients in the hospital can present myriad challenges, from making the right diagnosis to creating the most accurate documentation. But one challenge that appears to be falling through the cracks is accurately coding subsequent hospital visits. That's the word from a recent Medicare report, which states that pulmonologists [...]
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