tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 44

Part B Coding Coach: Don't Ditch the Last Digit - It Helps Deflect Denials

Care in diagnosis coding will maximize your claims success If you're not taking ICD-9 coding seriously, it's only a matter of time before your mistakes affect your practice's bottom line, experts say. That's because many carriers are rejecting claims as "medically unnecessary" at a higher rate than they were just a few years ago, which makes proper diagnosis coding more important than ever. "A lot of us didn't pay attention to ICD-9 coding in the past because Medicare was the only carrier that cared if you used the correct codes," says Victoria Jackson, owner of Omni Management, which...

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