Standardized Medical Coding Curriculum in Surgical Graduate Medical Education

CONCLUSION: Coding and billing discrepancies among students, residents, and surgeons persist due to a lack of formalized training. Integration of standardized and mandated medical coding curricula and interventions within residency programs has great potential to improve surgical coding practices and should be a mandatory component of graduate medical education.PMID:35706329 | DOI:10.1177/00031348221109470

Source: The American Surgeon - June 16, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Sruthi Selvakumar Micah Ngatuvai Ruth Zagales Matthew Sauder Adel Elkbuli Source Type: research