Auditing: Follow This 10-Point Checklist for Successful Self-Audits

Article Overview

This article explains how a medical practice can approach internal self-audits to review documentation, billing records, and claims for consistency and compliance. It is aimed at coders, auditors, and practice administrators who want a general checklist for evaluating whether records support billed services and reported information before an outside review occurs. The piece highlights broad audit questions across service level support, coding accuracy, consult documentation, signatures, legibility, and patient record completeness.