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The missing piece of coding accuracy: Local and national coverage determinations
Basing a coder’s successful completion of a coding audit only on coding accuracy overlooks importance of local coverage determinations (LCD) and national coverage determinations (NCDs). Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS, explains the role LCDs and NCDs play in determining practical day-to-day coding accuracy.
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