California dermatology practices collecting $1M–$5M+ monthly are systematically underpaid $1.2M–$3.8M annually not from claim denials—but from biologic unit undercoding (billing 1 unit when vial contains 1.5 units), lesion destruction bundling failures (destroying 15+ lesions but coding maximum 14), and biopsy complexity downcoding (shave biopsy coded when punch/excisional performed), creating invisible monthly revenue loss that standard […]
Why California Dermatology Practices Are Underpaid Every Month









