ICD-10 and Clinical Documentation
Program Goals
Clinical Documentation Questions to Address
Documentation Why Is It Important?
Current Distribution of ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes 3 Years of Data - All Claims - All Lines of Business - 1 Million Lives
Varying Changes by Clinical Areas Changes in the Number of Codes
Lots of Codes, Lots of Repetition
New Concepts Parameters of Severity and Risk
Documentation 1889
Documentation (cont) 1889
Documentation (cont) 1889
Documentation (cont) 1889
Documentation (cont) 2014
Coding – The Patient Interface Where It All Begins
Documentation What They Taught Us in School
Documentation (cont) What They Taught Us in School
Documentation (cont) What They Taught Us in School
Documentation (cont) What They Taught Us in School
Poorly Specified Coding A Proposed Definition
Good Patient Data It’s All About Good Patient Care…
Summary
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