Suren Khachatryan

Suren Khachatryan, CPC, reviews medical bills in personal injury matters for both plaintiffs and defendants and gives a written opinion on whether the codes billed match what the medical record supports, and whether the charge is reasonable. What an attorney receives is a report that checks every CPT and HCPCS code against the medical record, flags upcoding, unbundling and modifier errors where they exist, and prices every line against a published benchmark for that code, in that locality, on that date of service, with the arithmetic shown so the other side's own expert can check it line by line. Where a state sets the standard by statute, the report applies it: Texas section 41.0105's "paid or incurred" cap, Florida section 768.0427, and Georgia's 2025 medical damages reform. He is available to sign a Texas section 18.001 counteraffidavit. Have you done this before? Since 2023 he has co-authored and co-signed more than 200 medical billing and coding expert reports in personal injury matters, and he runs his own medical billing company, coding and appealing claims for orthopedics, neurosurgery, pain management and gastroenterology practices. The Texas Supreme Court has held that a counteraffiant need not be a physician, and that a reviewer who compares billed CPT codes to the medical records and prices them against a national charge database may sign one (In re Allstate Indemnity Co., 2021). That is his review method. He has not previously been deposed or testified at trial. It is stated here rather than left for opposing counsel to find. Every opinion he signs is built to be checked against the published benchmark it came from. He does not give an opinion on whether a treatment was medically necessary or whether care met the standard of care. His opinion is limited to whether the code billed matches the service documented, and whether the charge is reasonable against the published benchmark. Reports are delivered within 5 business days of a complete file, at a flat fee quoted before any work begins. Testimony is quoted separately. Certified Professional Coder (CPC), AAPC. Founder and General Manager, One Link Medical Billing Solutions, LLC: billing and coding for orthopedics, neurosurgery, pain management and gastroenterology practices since 2022, including pre-certification, appeals and reimbursement negotiation. Previously verified CPT and ICD-10 use for pain management, orthopedic and anesthesia providers, and handled the appeal of denied and underpaid claims, 2020 to 2022. Before that, worked no-fault and personal injury protection claims and prepared provider cases for arbitration, 2016 to 2020. AAPC medical insurance coding program, 2021 to 2022. B.A., Economics, Hunter College, City University of New York. Fluent in English, Russian and Armenian.