For all of you involved in cardiology practice management- I am building a pro fee cardiology coding team. In order to justify the need for a coder I am tasked with trying to find industry standards on who is responsible for the coding inpatient, outpatient, interventions, etc for cardiologists. I am an advocate of having coders in this role, however many of the physicians at the medical center do their own coding, and administration really wants to know if this is standard practice. If anyone wants to chime in with answers to the following: Who is responsible for coding, physician or coder? If coder what are the credentials? And do you use an EMR? Anyone know of any resources online that will help with this research?
Thanks so much for your input!
Thanks so much for your input!