Author: Liebner, Carole S; Lowery, Amanda L; Maccariella-Hafey, Patricia C; Usher, Joan L; Ward, Maria; Young, Carol

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2015

Diagnostic coding plays several important roles in every healthcare setting, including long-term care (LTC) nursing facilities. Come October 1, 2015, LTC facilities will assign ICD-10-CM codes to capture a resident's clinical conditions.


ICD-10-CM facilitates the collection and....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2015

Healthcare providers and health information technology (HIT) suppliers across the country have been busy preparing for what could be one of the most significant proposals for stage 3 of the “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program—a proposal that has wide implications for health....

Author: Burgess, Sheila; Cooper, Sharon; Endicott, Melanie; Wallace, Susan; Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2015

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

The role of the clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professional is ever-changing. When CDI programs first began in the late 1990s, the focus was almost....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: December 2014

Editor's note: This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here.

Author: AHIMA Longitudinal Coordination of Care Practice Council E-HIM Strategy Team

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2014

This practice brief supersedes the January 2011 “EHR Adoption in LTC and the HIM Value” practice brief.


Electronic health record (EHR) systems offer care, treatment, and communication opportunities for long-term care (LTC) facilities and their patients and residents. M....

Author: Camp, Michelle; Comfort, Angie; Endicott, Melanie; Howard, Artis; Kozee, Renee; Munive, Roberta; Novelli, Staci

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2014

Whether it is a first job or a career change, finding that first health information management (HIM) job following graduation is one of the biggest challenges that new graduates face. While some may find that breaking into the HIM industry takes time and persistence, it is a career choice that....

Author: Kadlec, Lesley; Warner, Diana; Washington, Lydia

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2014

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

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Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: September 2014

The compliance date for the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS is due to take effect on October 1, 2015. Currently, academic programs are in various stages of transitioning the classroom toward this new and long-awaited classification system. This practice brief is the third in a series addressing....

Author: AHIMA Work Group

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2014

All data are not created equal and technology implementation alone is not enough to improve the healthcare provided to patients. Providers and organizations must be able to distinguish between an abundance of data, meaningful data, and integration of data. Healthcare organizations are challenge....

Author: Bielby, Judy A; Comfort, Angie; Reed, Andretta; Wiedemann, Lou Ann

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

Organizations were well on their way to an October 1, 2014 implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS when Congress passed H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. This bill contained a section stating that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could not adopt the new code set....