Editor’s Note: As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Thomas W. Huth, MD, MBA, FACP, Vice...Read More »
Editor’s Note:As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Zachary Fainman, MD, co-medical...Read More »
While most hospitals and health systems are working hard to improve the precision of their clinical documentation, these efforts can be futile unless physicians are invested in the process and understand the value to the patient, the organization, and themselves.
In a recent interview with HCPro editor Steven Andrews, Sue Bowman, AHIMA senior director of coding policy and compliance, and Rhonda Buckholtz, AAPC vice president of ICD-10 training and education, answered questions about ICD-10 concerns expressed by W. Jeff Terry, MD, an American Medical...Read More »
Many surgeons use templated notes for their common procedures. Find out what information is not included in the template and work with the surgeons and your IT department to update the template to capture all of the...Read More »