[News] ICD-10 Myths Part 2: Coding Specificity

Published: Tue, 07/08/14



HiĀ 
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There is a widely held belief that ICD-10-CM is much more "granular" and will require much greater specificity. It is true that ICD-10-CM will support the reporting of much more specific and detailed information about risk, severity, complexity, comorbidities, and complications, and other key parameters of patient evaluation. There's a little secret that is seldom mentioned, however: You can be just as vague in ICD-10 as you were in ICD-9.

Read more...


http://medicalcodingnews.org/?p=2846

Sincerely,
Marci Miller


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