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Archive > November, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 11

Coding & Billing

5 Commonly Missed or Miscoded Procedures

Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC

Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC Could you be leaving money on the table without even knowing it? A quick way to find out is to test your knowledge of these five commonly missed or miscoded procedures. As you'll see, quite often the culprit is an op report that a physician didn't document well enough or a coder didn't read closely enough.

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