Question

Overcoding is reporting a services not supported by the actual work performed. Do you think that accurate documentation can support suspicions of overcoding?

Answer 1

Ans) Overcoding: Reporting codes for signs and symptoms associated, in adition to an established diagnosis code.

Overcoding of CPT codes is the reporting of a higher code than what accurately reflects the work performed by the physician.

Documentation included dictated and transcribed, typed or handwritten, and computer generated notes and reports recorded in the patient's records by a health care professional.

So accurate docomentation supports suspicions of Overcoding.