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Coding Cancers: A Common Charting Error

One of the most common provider charting errors occurs in the area of cancer diagnoses.  Practitioners routinely document and code cancers when the patient’s disease has been treated and is no longer evident.  For risk adjusted practices, this means the … Read Full Post

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Coding Cancers: A Common Charting Error

This blog was updated for ICD-10-CM.  Read it here. One of the most common provider charting errors occurs in the area of cancer diagnoses.  Practitioners routinely document and code cancers when the patient’s disease has been treated and is no … Read Full Post

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How does provider reimbursement work?

There are two common methods of reimbursing physicians: Fee-for- service (FFS) and capitation. There are also two major code categories in use by most primary care physicians: ICD-9-CM codes and CPT-4 & HCPCS codes. ICD-9-CM codes (soon to be replaced … Read Full Post

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