secondary business of even more advanced coding consultants, who advised other coders as well as healthcare providers and taught courses that covered the nitty-gritty of insurers’ reimbursement policies. For example, an ER doctor learned that insurers would accept a better-reimbursed code for the examination and treatment of a patient with a finger fracture (usually 99282) if a narcotic painkiller was prescribed (bump up to 99283).
