Accurate coding is critical to healthcare systems and their revenue cycle management. Yet, the complex and time-draining task of coding too often leads to errors, denied claims and inefficient care. Up to 80% of medical bills are estimated to contain errors, and 42% of claim denials result from coding issues.
Historically, overburdened and under-resourced billing and coding teams have had to manually navigate a complex morass of codes. The standard coding system — the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) — includes about 70,000 codes, with…
