Because of the complexity of medical billing, errors are not always easy to avoid. Even for the billing professionals and is an assured impossibility for the naive client/patient with not much technical knowledge about it.
- Wrong patient identification number
- Wrong ICD-9-CM code with out fourth / fifth digits when required
- Duplicate claim
- Wrong date of service
- Wrong rates charged
- Procedure of claim not fully furnished by the other party
- No match between the ICD-9-CM code and CPT code
- Physician’s ID not available
- Billing for more Operating room time than used
- Type of service code not mentioned
- Billed for canceled services / tests
- Bill amount totaling mistake
- Treatment/service provided was not validated
- Service/treatment given in an invalid center/place of service
- Service was not a medical necessity
- Place of service code not mentioned
Some of the suggestions given to reduce medical billing errors are utilizing medical billing software such as AR-Express. This easy to learn software significantly reduces medical billing errors and submits claims with the simple click of a button!
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