What is Upcoding?

What is Upcoding?

(Updated Sept. 2025) If you’ve ever looked at a medical bill and thought, “That seems high for what was done,” you’re not alone. Many patients and even healthcare providers themselves have questions when billing doesn’t seem to match the treatment provided. This...
Common Medical Coding and Medical Billing Errors

Common Medical Coding and Medical Billing Errors

In 2020, medical spending reached an all-time high of more than four trillion dollars, which equated to bills equally more than $12,000 per person. From doctor services to prescriptions to home health care and more, it’s an incredible amount of information to keep...
What is Medical Coding?

What is Medical Coding?

Medical coders act like translators by taking medical reports that are provided by physicians and turning the information found on those reports into a set of universal medical alphanumeric codes. Information on medical reports includes prescriptions, medical...