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Submission of a patient’s bill with diagnosis or operation coding which suggests to the payer’s audit system that an attempt is being made to obtain a higher reimbursement than was probably justified. An audit of the coding and billing is likely to be triggered by such coding. Computer systems which are intended to prevent this are commercially available to health care providers. Compare to under-coding and optimal coding.<\/p>\n

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