Compass Code Edits
Evaluating medical coding compliance and validity with sensibility, consistency, and accuracy
Compass Code Edits, Beacon’s clinical code editing solution, systematizes the technology applied to code validation use on claims that has too often been left for manual review by medical professionals. Beacon has designed Compass to analyze all incoming claims for compliance and accuracy from a medical billing and coding appropriateness standpoint. The system flags claims that attempt to bill incompatible or unnecessary procedures by performing checks for medically unlikely or unnecessary combinations of events or codes, along with a host of other checks for reasonableness.
Controls are available for users to design and implement procedures within your smart workflow queues to automatically pend or deny claims flagged by Compass to the appropriate department for review. Compass increases end-to-end efficiency by allowing you to spend less time on manual review. Enhance your claims adjudication process with Compass by adding increased accuracy and appropriateness checks for claims.
- Identification of services that may have unnecessary, inappropriate, or incompatible codes
- Validation for expired or non-existent codes
- Automatically deny or pend claims to user-defined, smart workflow queues
- Ability to reduce unnecessary medical costs
- Automate code edits without the need of manual review by medical professionals
- Dramatically increase savings on affected claims
- Improve auto-adjudication rates and claim payment accuracy
How Does it Work?
Hover over the graphic below for an interactive look at the functionality of Compass Code Edits.
Code Edit Validation Checks
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Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) |
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Terminated Diagnosis Codes |
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Assistant Surgeon |
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Terminated ICD-PCS Procedure Codes |
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Co-Surgeon & Team Surgeon |
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Terminated CPT Procedure Codes |
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Global Surgery Edits (GSE) |
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Age Specific Diagnosis Codes |
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Practitioner Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) |
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Age Specific CPT Procedure Codes |
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Outpatient Hospital Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) |
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Gender Specific Diagnosis Codes |
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Practitioner Services Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) |
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Gender Specific ICD-PCS Procedure Codes |
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DME Supplier Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) |
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Gender Specific CPT Procedure Codes |
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Outpatient Hospital Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) |
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Add-on Codes |
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Invalid Diagnosis Codes |
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Bundled Procedures (Status B) |
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Invalid ICD-PCS Procedure Codes |
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Incidental Procedures (Status T) |
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Invalid CPT Procedure Codes |