DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 4 (April)

Use one-year delay to train physicians on ICD-10

Regardless of what stage of ICD-10 implementation you achieved before CMS proposed a one-year delay this month, use the extra time to convince your physicians that ICD-10 training is essential. The necessity to take advantage of the additional year rather than perceive it as a chance to blow off preparation was a message reinforced in several sessions of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) ICD-10 Summit in Baltimore last week.

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