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Who should add charges?

Date: Jan 21, 2019

Question:

Do you have any official sources that direct hospitals about who ought to be adding department charges? My gut says the staff closest to the actual procedures are the best people for that job, while HIM's forte is reading and coding from physician documentation. What do you say? What do your professional organizations recommend?

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