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Medicare A fraudulent practice in which provider services are billed for higher CPT procedure codes than were actually performed, resulting in a higher payment by Medicare or 3rd-party payors. See Coding, CPT coding, Health care fraud, HIPPA Act, Prompt payment law, Rebundling, Unbundling. Cf Downcoding. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Welch defines upcoding as a pattern when a provider has an out-of-the-ordinary percentage of complex, costly visits. News: OIG targets MS-DRGs upcoding in 2009 Work Plan," CDI Strategies, Oct 29, 2008 Source: www. Plaintiffs claim that the problem is not upcoding and unbundling by providers, hut rather is arbitrary and unjustified downcoding and bundling by bill-review companies. |
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