Consequences of "overbilling"

I see a lot of variety in critical care billing practices. For example, I see some docs are routinely billing critical care time for anyone in the ICU even if stable and going to floor or home that day or totally hemodynamically stable just there for q1h glucose checks for DKA with insulin gtt. Is it recommended to just err on the side of billing for critical care and if it doesn't meet criteria the coders or insurance company will just change it to non-critical care? If lots of physicians... Read more
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