Coding in the Gray: Why Human Judgment Still Matters (part 2 of a 2-part series)

There is a LOT of talk these days about automation. Autonomous coding solutions that can code with near-perfect accuracy—and no human intervention. Providers picking a code from a drop-down menu, enabled by a computer-generated prompt, and voila: Maximized billing and denial-proof revenue.

We’re not buying it.

We’ve been hearing talk of autonomous coding since at least 2007-08, and it never seems to happen the way the predictions say.

Denials persist. Errors continue. And more myths are perpetuated.

What makes full coding automation a fiction, even in the age of AI?

Read Coding in the Gray: Why Human Judgment Still Matters (part 2 a 2-part series).

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