Audit uncovers 6 top medical billing mistakes 

While the precise rate of industry-wide billing errors is unknown, claims management software company Mitchell International discovered some type of billing mistake in 35 percent of the workers’ compensation bills it audited.

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Here are the most common types of issues uncovered in the analyzed bills, and how frequently they occurred.

  • Edits: 44 percent
  • CCI issues (inappropriate coding): 24 percent
  • Unbundling (billing for multiple procedures covered by one comprehensive code): 19 percent
  • Medical: 7 percent
  • Other: 4 percent
  • Medically unlikely edits errors: 2 percent

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