Code Blue Coding

The Problem:
Lost revenue from physician undercoding can add up quickly.

For example, Medicare reimburses $29.00 more for a level 4 established patient office visit than for a level 3 office visit. If just one practitioner undercodes 10 visits per week, your organization loses $13,920.00 annually.

Multiply this example by the number of practitioners in your organization, and you quickly see how lost revenue can add up to millions in no time!

The Solution:
Physician-to-Physician Training

Physicians underestimate the degree of complexity and medical decision making involved in day-today patient care. This results in coding for a lower level of service than actually provided.

When physicians are trained by a physician — using rich, clinical and practice-specific examples — they become confident, accurate coders. Our physician instructor speaks their language, understands medical decision making, and can demonstrate how the complexity of clinical patient care determines the correct level of coding.