A new language for health care?

Authors :: Piselli C
Wall K
Boucher A
Source :: Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association [Healthc Financ Manage] 2010 Jan; Vol. 64 (1), pp. 94-9.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: To prepare for ICD-10, a healthcare organization should: appoint a cross-functional ICD-10 steering committee, with representation from finance and other key areas; evaluate where ICD-9-coded data are generated and how those data elements are used; assess IT readiness and gaps for ICD-10; initiate staff education, beginning with senior management.

Subjects :: Delivery of Health Care
Diffusion of Innovation
Insurance Claim Reporting
United States
Forms and Records Control
International Classification of Diseases

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0735-0732
Volume :: 64
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 20088477

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