Avoid Compliance Risks with Charge Description Master Reviews
The American Association of Procedural Coders (AAPC) has stated, “Approximately 75 percent of outpatient services are driven by the CDM”[1] The Charge Description Master (CDM) populates the claim form with these services, supplies and pharmaceuticals. The compliance risks to your organization are immeasurable if the CDM is incorrect in any way. Having provided CDM Reviews for more than 20 years, we continually see this one area is not a high priority and is continually negl