Medical Economics February 2, 2022
Accurate coding is one of the most intricate and often frustrating tasks that doctors and staff must do.
If a medical student’s classes reflected the reality of practicing medicine today, I would venture that more than half of the curricula would be focused on performing administrative work, including the very complex task of coding.
Accurate coding is one of the most intricate and often frustrating tasks that doctors and staff must do. Countless studies and surveys are in consensus that administrative burden is the most cited contributing factor for physician burnout, an escalating problem that existed long before the COVID pandemic. Erroneous coding can bring significant financial duress to a medical practice, either in the form of decreased revenue, audits,...
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