DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 11 (November)

Be wary of bundling, documentation when billing debridement codes

Chronically high denial rates for debridement services are likely the result of incorrectly measuring how much tissue was debrided when those services are bundled and billed the same day. Denial rates for debridement codes average 10.5%, but when you exclude the two highest-volume codes, the denials spiked to 17.1%. 
 

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