Physicians Practice December 1, 2022
Matt Lee

Manual coding is slow, inaccurate, and cost inflexible.

Medical coding is horrible.

It’s true.

For as long as healthcare professionals have needed to bill insurance companies, our medical systems have been drowning in a chaotic system of ICD, CPT, and E&M codes. When it comes to traditional manual coding, issues abound. Manual coding is slow, inaccurate, and cost inflexible.

Manual coding’s slow pace

First and foremost, manual coding is slow.

Generally, traditional manual coding takes five to seven days from claim generation to submission.

That is five to seven days between surgeries, treatments, and care being provided to a patient before the claim is even submitted to insurance.

Once submitted to insurance, claims are reviewed and validated. Those found to...

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