RCM tip of the day: Benchmark ICD-10 performance against your peers

Trend and benchmark case mix index, unspecified code usage and secondary diagnosis codes.

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Nate Seaman, Associate Vice President at MedeAnalytics: Let your data show you how your ICD-10 performance compares to your peers. Say 90 percent of your peers are coding for a particular secondary diagnosis code but you are not. Understand why that is and take steps to rectify the problem.

If you would like to share your RCM best practices, please email Carrie Pallardy at cpallardy@beckershealthcare.com to be featured in the “RCM tip of the day” series.

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