Concurrent surgical patient safety indicator evaluation results in more accurate reporting and reimbursement.

We sought to determine whether concurrent (before discharge) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicator evaluation would result in a more expeditious review, accurate reporting, and improved reimbursement. We compared the period of preconcurrent (preC) coding (January 2012 to June 2012) with the period after concurrent coding (postC) began (July 2012 to December 2012) for total billing errors. There were 276 records reviewed in the preC versus 424 in the postC time periods.