Atlanta-based health IT solutions company Jvion recently released a whitepaper and detailed the biggest ICD-10 lessons practices should learn for documentation success, according to an HIT Consultant report.
Here are Jvion's five ICD-10 lessons.
Here are Jvion's five ICD-10 lessons.
1. Look at the past through a historical claims analysis to identify gaps and risks.
2. Get deeper than a DRG-level analysis and examine each encounter for documentation opportunities.
3. Prioritize charts associated with high financial and operational risk.
4. Look at ICD-9 and take advantage of any insights that can improve current documentation and coding.
5. Remember ICD-10 coding is a continual process that will require constant improvement.
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