Impact of Early Educational Intervention on Coding for First‐year Emergency Medicine Residents

Coding of a medical visit is based on provider documentation in the medical record; the documentation should reflect the level of care that was provided. To maximize coding and subsequent billing, providers must complete various components of the record to best convey the complexity of the case. Little education is provided to resident physicians regarding appropriate documentation practices, and studies suggest a need for improved education in this area. The primary goal of this study is to determine if implementing an early educational intervention will improve billing and coding