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Outpatient endeavors: Top CDI tactics for outpatient surgery readiness under ICD-10

by Andrea Clark-Rubinowitz,RHIA, CCS, CPCH

The volume of outpatient care continues to rise. In the United States in 2010, there were 100.7 million outpatient department visits, 128.7 million ED visits, and 51.4 million procedures, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FastStats. Those visits translate to a lot of outpatient medical and procedural documentation.

 

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