Prebilling DRG training can increase hospital reimbursement.

Over the past decade, appropriate reimbursement has become increasingly dependent on accurate coding and correct DRG assignment. In this article, a study outlining the cost of inaccurate coding is presented, and a program for prebilling coder training is described. The authors show that a well-designed prebilling coding program can improve the accuracy of DRG assignment and thereby increase reimbursement by 10 percent or more.