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The article discusses importance of comprehensive coding and documentation assessment on International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-CM/Personal Communications Service (PCS). It focuses on the University of Washington (UW) Medicine health system and discusses UW Medicine's ICD-10 impact assessment project that was started in the collaboration of OTB Solutions and HRS. It states that benefits can be executed by including coding and clinical documentation in the initial assessment.

The article presents steps that will help health information management (HIM) professionals in assessing the coding workflows in the midst of profound change in the U.S. It highlights the need to map the coding workflow in a flowchart format. It also mentions the significance of conducting gap analysis. Understanding the technological capabilities of the coding process in line with the re-engineering and technology implementation is also emphasized.