ICD-10: Not Just About Codes

ICD-10 is about much more than just new codes, according to an EHR Intelligence report.




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Rather, it’s about documentation and more fully capturing the encounters patients have with physicians.



ICD-10 will challenge physicians and coders to be specific, provide real-time documentation, use electronic medical records correctly and coordinate communication like never before.

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