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Master Clean Claims with Targeted Queries

Published on Tue Jan 09, 2018

Know when to ask for clarification. Sometimes you face a pathology report that seems to contain conflicting statements, or that has missing information that is critical to selecting an appropriate code, or simply a paper report that has illegible handwriting. These are all cases that might warrant a "query" to the pathologist so that you can update the medical record [...]
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