tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 21

Take Note of These Documentation Tips

Implement these 7 claims review checks to avoid denials. There's nothing more frustrating than losing money you've earned. And that's exactly what happens when your claims are sent back due to insufficient documentation. Complete documentation is a requisite for clean claims. "To put it in simple terms, if documentation does not support the procedures or diagnosis, you do not get payment," cautions Dianne Nakvosas, ACS-RAD, a senior medical coder at Compubill, Inc., in Tinley Park, Illinois. Consider the following seven tips for quality clinical documentation, and evaluate how your practice claims, as well as coding and billing compliance...

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