What do you think the benefit is to insurance companies of using standardization in procedural coding? What are the benefits to healthcare providers?
What will be an ideal response?
The benefit for both insurance companies and healthcare providers is the saving of time in researching the codes. By using standardized codes, both insurance company personnel and providers in the healthcare office know they are each referencing the same procedure when using a particular code.
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