DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 7 (July)

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This week's question is answered by Regan Bode, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CEMC, ACS-EM, content manager for DecisionHealth and consultant for DecisionHealth Professional Services.

Q. Our agency bills based on electronic feeds received from clinics and code selections are defaulted based on patient age and criteria. As an example, a provider doesn't assign a code for an immunization, and the computer generates the code based on the patient's age. A coder does not verify the assigned code. We are now trying to have the physicians themselves code these visits but they are resisting. Are the physicians required to code their own visits?

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