title: Effective coding practices avoid penalties, control costs.
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authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States