Pre-Auth Denial Analysis Template

Everything you need to act on this

• Denial tracking worksheet — log every denial by date, payer, procedure code, denial reason, and appeal outcome
• Payer denial rate matrix — calculate your first-pass approval rate by payer to identify your most problematic relationships
• Denial reason taxonomy — 14 standardized denial categories to make pattern identification consistent across staff
• Procedure-level denial analysis — which CPT codes get denied most and what documentation fixes would address each
• Appeal success rate tracker — measure which denial reasons you win on appeal vs. which to avoid billing in the first place
• Monthly denial trend chart — visualize whether your overall denial rate is improving or worsening over time
• Staff accountability matrix — track which team members handle which payers and flag training needs
• Root cause action log — document process changes made in response to denial patterns and measure their impact