Common Issues
Frequent billing errors we detect
13 articles
Articles
Top 10 Billing Errors We Detect
FeaturedAn overview of the most common medical billing errors reKUPR identifies, from duplicate charges to upcoding. Learn what to look for and what to do when errors are found.
8 min read · May 25, 2026
Duplicate Charges Explained
Learn what duplicate billing is, how it happens through typos and system errors, and how to effectively dispute duplicate charges on your medical bill.
4 min read · May 25, 2026
Upcoding: When You're Billed for More Than You Received
Understand what upcoding is in medical billing, see examples of common upcoding scenarios like office visit levels, and learn the red flags to watch for.
5 min read · May 25, 2026
Unbundling: Separate Charges for Bundled Services
Learn about unbundling in medical billing, where services that should be billed together are split to inflate costs. Understand CCI edits and coding rules.
5 min read · May 25, 2026
Incorrect Quantity or Units Billed
Learn about unit billing errors in medical bills, including drug quantity mistakes and time-based billing issues that can inflate your costs.
4 min read · May 25, 2026
Services Not Rendered
Understand being billed for medical services you never received, how to verify with medical records, and steps to dispute these phantom charges.
4 min read · May 25, 2026
Balance Billing When You Shouldn't Be
Learn about illegal balance billing scenarios, your protections under the No Surprises Act, and how to challenge improper balance bills.
5 min read · May 25, 2026
Wrong Patient or Wrong Date
Understand identity mix-ups in medical billing, date of service errors, and how these common errors occur and how to correct them.
3 min read · May 25, 2026
Covered Services Billed as Non-Covered
Learn what to do when insurance should have paid but didn't, how to handle pre-authorization issues, and the appeal process for coverage denials.
5 min read · May 25, 2026
Math Errors on Your Bill
Learn how to identify calculation mistakes on medical bills, including subtotal discrepancies, percentage errors, and how to verify the math yourself.
3 min read · May 25, 2026
Charges Before Deductible is Met
Understand deductible tracking errors, what happens when insurance processes claims out of order, and how to handle coordination issues.
4 min read · May 25, 2026
Non-Covered Diagnostic Codes
Learn how ICD-10 diagnosis codes impact insurance coverage, understand medical necessity denials, and how diagnosis codes affect payment.
5 min read · May 25, 2026
Diagnosis-Procedure Mismatch
Learn what it means when a diagnosis code doesn't match a procedure code on your bill and what to do about it.
5 min read · May 25, 2026