Medical Coding Accuracy: Ensuring Correct Claims & Reimbursement

Medical insurance coding is essential to the billing process in any medical facility. Translating the physician's diagnosis and procedures into the proper codes is not only important for the reimbursement of the medical office for services and supplies, but it is also important to the coder's accuracy. Clean claims, or insurance claims with no errors are necessary to keep a regular flow of payments. Audits are performed annually to help the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to review the accuracy of coding claims.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Internet access

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Instructions

• 1

  Visit the Coding Network (see resource section). This organization offer free confidential coding audits to improve accuracy and reimbursement from third party payers (the insurance companies). The medical facility's office manager may also schedule a coding audit with the Office of the Inspector General. This is required to be done by all medical facilities at least once per year.

• 2

  Fill out the request form with the required information. The form will ask for your name, the name of the medical facility in which you are employed, your e-mail, telephone number, zip code, and any comments that you may have.

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  Click "Get Started Now" to submit the form and begin the process of requesting a free coding compliance audit of your cases.

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  Wait to receive your free coding compliance audit via e-mail. This process may take anywhere between four to eight weeks to receive the results of your coding compliance accuracy audit.