Medscape surveyed 17,461 U.S. clinicians representing more than 30 specialties. Rate of claim denials and resubmissions by specialty:
1. Plastic surgery: 28 percent
2. Emergency medicine: 22 percent
3. Radiology: 20 percent
4. Critical care: 20 percent
5. General surgery: 19 percent
6. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 19 percent
7. Anesthesiology: 19 percent
8. Orthopedics: 18 percent
9. Pulmonary medicine: 18 percent
10. Neurology: 18 percent
11. Infectious diseases: 18 percent
12. Rheumatology: 17 percent
13. Urology: 17 percent
14. OB-GYN: 17 percent
15. Allergy and immunology: 16 percent
16. Oncology: 16 percent
17. Psychiatry: 16 percent
18. Gastroenterology: 16 percent
19. Dermatology: 15 percent
20. Internal medicine: 15 percent
21. Cardiology: 15 percent
22. Nephrology: 14 percent
23. Family medicine: 14 percent
24. Otolaryngology: 13 percent
25. Pediatrics: 13 percent
26. Diabetes and endocrinology: 13 percent
27. Ophthalmology: 13 percent
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