Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2011

To build up competencies in the new code set, AHIMA-credentialed professionals must add ICD-10-CM/PCS continuing education to their credential maintenance through 2013.

The impending coding classification system change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is the talk of health information....

Author: Buck, Stacie L

Source: AHIMA community resource

Publication Date: January 02, 2007

As the demand for qualified coders has increased, so has the number of coding programs and coding certifications available to coding professionals seeking to demonstrate their coding proficiency. The business of offering credentials is indeed a lucrative one with many organizations competing....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2012

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

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....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2003

Many in healthcare today understand coding only in the context of billing, not recognizing that the very same coded data are used for important healthcare operations, policy, epidemiology, and many other uses. For 75 years, AHIMA has been the professional forum to advance the quality of health....

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates. Health Information Management Higher Education and Workforce Team

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: February 24, 2009

Author: AHIMA House of Delegates. Health Information Management Higher Education and Workforce Team

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: January 15, 2011

Author: Tuttle, Mark S.

Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting

Publication Date: October 15, 2005

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Convention | AHIMA Clinical Vocabulary Mapping Meeting

Publication Date: October 15, 2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast*
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote
Simon Cohn, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Chair, National Committee for Vital and Health
    Statistics  [Presentation]
9:30 a.m. - 10:....

Author: Vukovljak, Lana

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2002

Are high costs and potential downtime preventing your staff from receiving much-needed training? E-learning offers more than a solution to these concerns: it’s a better way to learn.
In this article, find out how e-learning works and how to implement an e-learning program in your or....