Many doctors out of residency are woeful in terms of coding. This is unfortunate many compensation packages are associated with how you document and code the visit.
Shadowfax provides a tutorial on how emergency physicians can use critical care billing codes, which can potentially capture an additional 5 percent of revenue.
It may not seem like much, but in the current practice environment, every little bit counts.
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