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Converting MS-DRGs to ICD-10-CM/PCS: Methods Used, Lessons Learned
Author: Butler, Rhonda R.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
Like the rest of us, MS-DRGs have to transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The conversion is off to a good start, with a preliminary version already available. The project offered an early test of the General Equivalence Mappings and provides a conversion process for other applications.
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Coordination of SNOMED-CT and ICD-10: Getting the Most out of Electronic Health Record Systems
Author: Bowman, Sue E
Source: AHIMA report | Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: May 2005
Executive Summary
A standard electronic health record (EHR) and interoperable national health information infrastructure require the use of uniform health information standards, including a common medical language. Data must be collected and maintained in a standardized format, u....
Core Data Sets for the Physician Practice Electronic Health Record
Author: AHIMA Task Force
Source: AHIMA Task Force
Publication Date: October 20, 2003
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Core Health Data Elements: Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Author: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
Source: External web site
Publication Date: August 02, 1996
CORE Values: Collaborative Effort Moves to Simplify Insurance Verification
Author: Hagland, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2007
What if health payers and others adopted agreed-upon standards to enable electronic access to eligibility and benefits data? Wouldn’t that make it easier for providers to verify patient insurance coverage and submit cleaner claims?
That’s the goal behind a nationwide initia....
Correcting and Amending Entries in a Computerized Patient Record (1999)
Author: Welch, Julie J.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: September 1999
The information in this practice brief has been updated. The most recent information is available here.
Correcting Dates of Service in the EHR
Author: Dinh, Angela K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Data errors are inevitable, and they happen every day. Various types of errors can occur in electronic health records (EHRs), including errors in dates of service (DOS). DOS errors happen for a number of reasons, such as a user choosing the wrong encounter or entering the wrong date.
Creating a Perfect Balance: the Line Between Information Gathering, Respecting Privacy
Author: Rozen, Michael J.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: December 02, 2002
Consumers and patients are becoming increasingly and justifiably worried about the confidentiality of their personal information. Cases of prominent disclosures recently highlighted by the media have heightened the fear of abuse and discrimination from inappropriate disclosure of protected he....
Critical Issues in Bioinformatics and Computing
Author: Kesh, Someswar; Raghupathi, Wullianallur
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: October 2004
Abstract
This article provides an overview of the field of bioinformatics and its implications for the various participants. Next-generation issues facing developers (programmers), users (molecular biologists), and the general public (patients) who would benefit from the potent....
Critical State of Coding, Classification, and Terminologies in the UK: a Clinician's Perspective
Author: Brox, Georg A.; Huston, Janis L.
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
An Historical Review
ICD-10
The need to classify diseases and the causes of death dates back to the 17th century in the United Kingdom (UK), when John Graunt first published his weekly London Bills of Mortality in 1629. In 1769, William Cullen of Edinburgh, Scotland, then deve....
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