Coding Accuracy Fundamentals for Growing Practices

Accuracy is easy to hold at low volume and hard to hold as a practice grows. These are the habits that scale.

Standards before software

Agree on what complete documentation looks like for your top ten encounter types, and write it down.

Sample continuously

• Small, frequent samples beat large quarterly audits
• Review by encounter type, not only by coder
• Feed findings back within the week

Train for the exceptions

Most coders handle the common cases well. Training pays off on the rare ones.