Denial Management:
Refresh Documentation Know-How for Total Joint Replacements -- or Risk Claim Denials
Published on Mon Apr 07, 2014
Dodge denial code 5J504 (Need for service/item not medically and reasonably necessary). A new wave of audits may threaten claims for total joint replacement (TJR) procedures in 2014, at least for physicians and hospitals who fail to revisit existing guidelines for documenting medical necessity for DRG 470. Background: In 2011, MACS and then RACs began auditing and denying numerous claims [...]