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Leverage the ICD-10 delay to address coder shortages

Posted by: adelvecchio 

Guest post by Minnette Terlep, vice president of business development and chief compliance officer, Amphion Medical Solutions

The one-year delay in the transition to ICD-10 is considered by some healthcare professionals to be a significant setback in the progress healthcare systems had made toward implementing the expanded code set. The ICD-10 delay will likely create a financial burden for those that heeded vows from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that there would be no further delays. Many existing preparations were rendered largely useless because of the “use or lose it” nature of the skills so carefully honed in ICD-10 training programs.

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