Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, an independent consultant specializing in hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgery center coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, discusses seven common coding ...

Researchers have found that a small adjustment in the way artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes can greatly boost accuracy—potentially surpassing physicians. Published online in NEJM ...

1. Control of bleeding not separately billable. The control of bleeding is included in biopsy (and most other) endoscopic procedures, and is not separately billable unless the patient comes into the ...

Karen Bowden, senior vice president of consulting services at Craneware InSight, points to five coding errors or other actions that are most likely to draw RAC attention in the hospital setting. 1.