tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 10

E/M Coding: 3 Ways Comparative Billing Reports Can Rescue Your Coding

Use the CBRs as springboards to gauge your accuracy. Your MACs are reviewing the most commonly-billed E/M codes and looking for practices that fall outside of the averages—so shouldn’t you be doing the same thing? Several Part B payers have recently released their latest comparative billing reports, allowing you to see which codes other practices are reporting and ensure that you aren’t too far off the mark. Background: If a MAC looks at E/M coding curves—which show the range of codes billed from low-level to high-level—the MAC will scrutinize the curves that are heavily...

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