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How coding, CDI can play a pivotal role in decreasing denials and shaping healthcare
Insurance companies are increasingly challenging the translation from the medical record to prebill coding, making the financial impact of denials and downgrades one of the most pressing issues facing health systems today. Given the wide-ranging harm occurring from delayed and reduced reimbursement, Dawn Valdez, RN, CCDS, CDIP, highlights how coders and CDI specialists can play a key role in decreasing denials and downgrades as well as successfully disputing these actions.
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