tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 43

EVALUATION & MANAGEMENT: Vague Body Part Descriptions Could Cost Your Practice Money On Appeals

Teach your doctors to be more precise in E/M documentation Sure, the carriers are coming up with new and clever ways to poke holes in your evaluation and management documentation, and Medicare is sending more kinds of auditors to look at your claims. But that just means you have to be even more careful about keeping good documentation for your E/M visits . As carriers like TrailBlazer create their own audit tools for E/M visits, you should be making sure your records are as airtight  as possible, say experts. And one way you could be leaving yourself open for...

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