2015 CDI Week Q&A: ICD-10 Preparation

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. N. Suraj Bossoondyal, MD, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, CHP, CPC, HIT-T is the CDI manager at the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a physician for six years, specializing in family medicine, emergency medicine, general surgery, and preventative medicine. Bossoondyal has more than four years’ experience in CDI, including management and ICD-10 training leadership. He answered the following questions on ICD-10 preparedness. Contact him at NBossoondyal@mednet.ucla.edu.