Top Denial Codes in Medical Billing and Root Causes
Understanding who pays the adjustment—not just the code number—determines your next move.
Suri Eldridge
Section
6 stories in Denial Management.
Understanding who pays the adjustment—not just the code number—determines your next move.
Payers audit documentation against policy, not clinical reality.
Only 11.5% of denied infusions are appealed, yet 80.7% of appeals succeed.
Incomplete documentation, not fraud, drives most infusion billing denials on audit.
CO-97 denials stem from three different rule systems, and confusing them costs recoverable revenue.
Permanent COB errors at intake create cascading denials weeks after treatment.