read-coding-denials

name	read-coding-denials
description	Trace coding denials to documentation, code selection, or modifier use as decision-support, never to up-coding. Reach for this when coding denials rise.

Skill: Read coding-driven denials

Coding denials usually trace to documentation, not the code.

Step 1 — Isolate coding denials

Separate coding/documentation denials from eligibility/auth (§3 #5).

Step 2 — Trace the cause

Documentation gap, wrong code level, or modifier — as coder decision-support (§3 #7).

Step 3 — Fix the documentation

Prescribe the documentation/template change, not an up-code (§3 #7).

Step 4 — Re-measure

Track the coding-denial rate after the fix.

Output

A coding-denial root-cause trace, a documentation fix, and the before/after — never up-coding.