Gastroenterology Coding Alert

Medicare Errors:

Could Error-Prone Lab Requests Put Your GI Office Under Payer Scrutiny?

Part B payers also found issues with E/M codes, diagnostic testing. When your GI practice orders a lab service, you might quickly send in the order and then forget about it — but that could be a mistake. You should consider giving more attention to your lab orders, because is one area that frequently causes errors during Medicare processing. That [...]
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