AHIMA Releases ICD-10 Resource for Physicians | Journal of AHIMA
Nov 20, 2014 08:06 am
posted by Mary Butler
The American Health Information Management Association has released an online ICD-10-CM/PCS resource aimed at alleviating physician concerns about implementing the new code set. As AHIMA notes, a significant number of myths about ICD-10 persist. This document, which tackles the most common myths is called, “Setting the Facts Straight About ICD-10: What Physicians Need to Know About the Transition.”
Training and Documentation Time
A sentiment frequently expressed by physicians about ICD-10 is the number of new codes and the documentation required by doctors to code an encounter. The burden of extra time spent on documentation, physicians argue, can get in the way of diagnosis and treatment.
To address this concern, AHIMA advises physician practices to “complete a documentation assessment to determine how their current documentation will support coding in ICD-10-CM. This activity can be completed now using existing patient records by taking a current chart, coding it in ICD-10-CM, and determining if there is enough information in the record to capture the necessary concepts for ICD-10-CM.”
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