While the Oct. 1, 2013, deadline is less than two years away, Mr. Jones said that hospital CFOs can’t wait until 2013 to start preparing due to all the moving parts that need to be updated.
Mr. Jones recommends that hospitals can increase coder productivity, coding accuracy and compliance measures by using computer-assisted coding technology. The technology is a crosswalk between ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, and it could help the hospital as it builds a new revenue cycle workflow, according to the article.
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