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A multidisciplinary approach to vascular surgery procedure coding improves coding accuracy, work relative value unit assignment, and reimbursement Francesco A. Aiello, MD, Dejah R. Judelson, MD, Louis M. Messina, MD, Jeffrey Indes, MD, Gordon FitzGerald, PhD, Danielle R. Doucet, MD, Jessica P. Simons, MD, Andres Schanzer, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 64, Issue 2, Pages 465-470 (August 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.052 Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Comparison of work relative value units (wRVUs) resulting from multidisciplinary coding and traditional coding. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 64, 465-470DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.052) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 Comparison of the reimbursement between multidisciplinary coding and from traditional coding. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 64, 465-470DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.052) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig 3 Comparison of (A) reimbursement and (B) work relative value units (wRVUs) from institution B resulting from multidisciplinary coding and traditional coding. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 64, 465-470DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.052) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions