Healthcare vendors are reassuring providers that they can improve medical coding productivity with computer-assisted coding (CAC) systems.
But can hospitals and medical practices rely on those claims?
What CAC does
- Scans electronic documentation.
- Identifies key terms.
- Suggests medical codes that match terms.
Then a medical coder reviews the suggested diagnosis codes and approves them for medical claims.
What CAC accomplishes
Healthcare vendors tend to promise:
- Increased medical coder productivity
- Return on investment that quickly pays for CAC system
- Faster medical billing
- More revenue from more detailed bills
- Greater medical coder satisfaction
- Better medical coding accuracy
- Identification of clinical documentation gaps
