You Be the Coder:
Know When, How to Amend Notes
Published on Tue Nov 22, 2016
Question: Our office performed an audit prior to submitting our claim to insurance and we discovered that the doctor marked a 99215 even though the level only met the requirements for 99214. The doctor has received one-on-one training, and it has been explained what constitutes a level five. Is it acceptable for the doctor to make amendments to the note so [...]