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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