Medical Schools to Replace Curriculum with Year Long course in ICD-10 and E & M Coding | GomerBlog
Gomerblog Team - Nov 14, 2014
In a visionary statement, the Deans of ten of this nation’s top medical schools, including four Ivy League Schools announced today that they are replacing their schools’ entire 3rd year curriculum with an intensive year-long course on diagnostic and evaluation and management coding.
“We are have come to the realization that coding is central to a physician’s work day, with estimates that it comprises up to 50% of their professional time, and thus it is incumbent upon us to train our top physicians in this very important task,” said a spokesperson for the group.
He continued, “Moreover, with the explosion of journal articles devoted to this topic and an entire industry of coding consultants developing around it, we realize that our students must master the body of knowledge necessary to become effective and skillful coders and thus deliver top notch care, if not innovators in the field. We hope that eventually we will also be able to offer fellowships in this discipline.”
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