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Survey: Coding Productivity Dipped After ICD-10 Implementation
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: June 13, 2016
The implementation of ICD-10 did result in a perceived loss of coding productivity, with a minimal dip in coding accuracy, according to a recent coding productivity and accuracy survey. The survey was conducted by the AHIMA Foundation in the first three weeks of May, and was released today....
Coding Audits Evolve with ICD-10: Industry Experts Define New Benchmarks and Best Practices
Author: Boomershine, Julie
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
From privacy and security risk assessments to perennial health plan record reviews, HIM departments are inundated with audits. The move to ICD-10-CM/PCS adds another layer of audit complexity and requirements as hospital and health systems step up their coding quality review processes, pr....
Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query
Author: Combs, Tammy; DeVault, Kathryn; Easterling, Sharon; Endicott, Melanie; Isom, Crystal; Lojewski, Tedi; Simmons, Cortnie R.; Wolf, Beth
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
Editor’s Note. This Practice Brief has been updated. See the latest version at Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query
. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
The complex and highly specific nature of ICD-10-PCS has changed....
Ethical Standards for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Professionals (2016)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
The AHIMA Ethical Standards for Clinical Documentation Improvement Professionals are intended to assist in decision making processes and actions, outline expectations for making ethical decisions in the workplace, and demonstrate the professionals' commitment to integrity. They are relevant to all clinical documentation improvement professionals and to those who manage the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) function, regardless of the healthcare setting in which they work.
Finding the New Normal with ICD-10-CM/PCS
Author: Linder, Karen M
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
Rochester Regional Health is an integrated health services organization serving the people of western New York and the Finger Lakes region. The system provides care from 150 locations, including five hospitals; more than 100 primary and specialty practices, rehabilitation centers, and ambu....
Patient Portal Toolkit
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: March 2016
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide guidance on the issues and challenges that should be considered when
implementing a patient portal, such as the types of policies and procedures that will need to be put into place, workforce
and consumer education and training, and the legal requirements and considerations that must be accounted for
a successful portal implementation. Sample forms, portal use agreement, and patient portal FAQs are also included.
Measuring CDI Productivity
Author: Combs, Tammy
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 23, 2016
When calculating the productivity guidelines for a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program it is important to remember both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Sometimes it is very easy to focus solely on the quantity of reviews that are performed. If the quality of those r....
Measuring Success with Accurate Patient Identification
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 18, 2016
Healthcare is transforming at a rate not previously seen. Many different levers are at work in this transformation, applied either in parallel or jointly. This transformation is occurring with the goal of advancing the IHI Triple Aim—improve care and outcomes, reduce costs, improve health.....
Small Organization Making Mighty Strides with IG
Author: Rockendorf, Betty
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 10, 2016
Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) is a 25-bed critical access hospital in Sturgeon Bay, WI that offers many services, from inpatient and outpatient care to rehabilitation services, emergency department and urgent care, six clinics, and a skilled nursing facility. So, how doe....
Effects of ICD-10 on Coding Productivity
Author: Endicott, Melanie
Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 10, 2016
In the years leading up to ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, doomsdayers chanted horror stories of expected productivity losses of up to 50 percent. Now that we are nearly six months post-implementation, I’ve yet to hear about an instance where such a prediction came true.....
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