Medical Coding COVID-19 Challenges

The medical coding industry before COVID-19 made it easy for you. If you were outsourcing it was simply domestic versus global. Fast forward to this COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has been flipped on its head. Hospitals are expecting a surge in demand with an increasing number of testing, triage and positive COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization. This in the face of a short supply of hospital beds and temporary facilities being added as fast as possible. COVID-19 coding and medical coding during COVID-19 are facing similar challenges.

New medical coding demands are on the rise: ED visits are up, telehealth specifically telemedicine usage has skyrocketed, and medical codes for COVID-19 testing and related services have been introduced.

In contrast, the supply of medical coders are constrained: on-site medical coding work has slowed, global coding vendors facing mandatory lockdowns has reduced productivity, and coders experienced in the high growth areas of ED and telehealth are in demand.

Questions for Healthcare Providers

  • Are you prepared to handle the surge in ED, telehealth, and COVID-19 encounters?
    • ED is seeing a significant rise in patient volume.
    • Telehealth, specifically telemedicine, are increasingly being used by patients and providers.
    • COVID-19 testing and hospitalizations are on the rise.
    • Medical coders need to be knowledgeable and experienced to code these encounters quickly and accurately.
  • Do you need domestic flexibility now in light of disruptions in offshore services?
    • Offshore services are being constrained with a number of countries in lockdown.
    • Your coding can’t wait.
    • You need domestic flexibility in this time of instability. 
  • Do you have enough remote AHIMA or AAPC certified coders at the ready if existing staff gets sick or is unable to work remotely?
    • Medical coders, like all of us, are increasingly being impacted with quarantines and illnesses.
    • You need bench strength to ensure coding gets done, both for the surge and for the day-to-day encounters.

How Aviacode Can Help Providers Now

Aviacode has delivered superior medical coding and medical coding compliance services to large-scale healthcare systems, individual hospitals, physician groups, surgery centers, and imaging centers, as well as payers, for over 20 years.

  • Over 500 domestic remote AHIMA or AAPC certified medical coders
  • Experienced in ED, telehealth, and COVID-19 new codes, along with all of the other standards of care
  • Fast ramp up and knowledgeable in numerous EMRs including Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, Allscripts, Meditech and many more — we welcome the opportunity to help you.

Aviacode Medical Coding Services

Aviacode Medical Coding Benefits

Providers, take advantage of a special 10% off coding services* offer by filling out the form below.

* – For coding service work until September 30, 2020. Contract must be signed by June 30, 2020.