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....

Author: Glondys, Barbara; Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2016

Editor’s Note: This update supersedes the November 2010 update, EHRs as the Business and Legal Records of Healthcare Organizations that combined information from the October 2004 Practice Brief “The Strategic Importance of Electronic Health Records Management” and the Jun....

Author: Dill, Mark W; Lucci, Susan; Walsh, Tom

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2016

As protectors of patient health records, health information management (HIM) professionals are developing a keener understanding of the broad topic of cybersecurity and are becoming actively involved in organizational cybersecurity efforts. Information technology (IT) departments typically are....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2016

There is a significant amount of evidence that points to the existence of serious quality concerns for patients undergoing care transitions across multiple care settings. The 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Crossing the Quality Chasm” famously described the US system as dec....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2016

Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the October 2013 Practice Brief titled "Managing Unsolicited Health Information in the Electronic Health Record"



Consumer engagement is developing as a key focus area in US healthcare, and patients are increasingly able&mdas....

Author:

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2016

Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief has been updated. See the latest version: http://bok.ahima.org/doc?oid=302674. This version is made available for historical purposes only.



In court an attorney can’t “lead” a witness into a....

Author: Maimone, Carol

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2016

This practice brief supersedes the November 2013 practice brief “Data Mapping Best Practices.”


The healthcare industry collects vast amounts of data from electronic sources. These data are captured in a wide variety of formats using various collection methods. Health d....

Author: Combs, Tammy

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2016

Editor's note: This brief replaces the 2001 practice brief "Documentation Requirements for the Acute Care Inpatient Record, and the 2013 and 2014 versions of the practice brief "Using CDI Programs to Improve Acute Care Clinical Documentation in Preparation for ICD-10-CM/PCS."

Author: Archer, Anita; Campbell, Angela; D'Amato, Cheryl; McLeod, Melissa; Rugg, Donna

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2016

Editor's Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the May 2013 and March 2010 Practice Briefs titled "Putting the ICD-10-CM/PCS GEMs into Practice."


Mappings between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS will play a critical role in the successful utilization of ICD-10-CM/PCS. The Centers for Me....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 2016

Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief supersedes the August 2012 Practice Brief titled “Climbing Higher: Bridging the Gap to Advanced Degrees in HIM.”




Statistics from the US Department of Labor show the field of HIM as one of today's fastest-growing occupa....