Health IT Analytics February 9, 2015
ICD-10 has danced in and out of the spotlight over the past few years as delay after delay has dampened a sense of urgency about the implementation of the new code sets. But with October 1, 2015 looking like a very serious contender for a real go-live date, healthcare organizations are running out of time to raise the quality of their clinical documentation to meet ICD-10’s more stringent standards. While the costs and impacts of this long-term preparation has been contentious, health information management professionals have had one thing in mind since the very beginning: ICD-10 is a catalyst for more granular, detailed data in the healthcare industry, and the effects of clinical documentation improvement will be felt far downstream.
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