Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Top ICD-10 Documentation Problems

October is fast approaching and before long ICD-10 will be in full swing across the medical field in the United States. Greater specificity will be attained in ICD-10 and there will also be an increase in the amount of codes to decipher.

Some conditions are more complex than others, requiring certain protocols and methodology to appropriately classify the information. AHIMA listed some of the top problem areas for ICD-10, which were recently discussed on the clinical documentation improvement forum CDItalk. You can read more about these ICD-10 clinical documentation problems and join the discussion on the largest industry resource for real time CDI information.

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