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Gastroenterology Coding Alert

Recovery Audit Contractors:

RACs Scrutinize Surgical, Diagnostic Endoscopies at Same Session

Published on Thu Dec 06, 2018

Watch your endoscopic coding to stay off auditors’ radar screens. You may think your gastroenterology claims are under a massive amount of scrutiny already, but several recovery audit contractors (RACs) are adding an additional audit focus that will impact you. Background: Recovery audit contractors (RACs) review Medicare claims for errors and collect a contingency fee based on the amount they recover. [...]
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