ICD-10 & Coding

A FHIR-based protocol that improves clinical workflows is improving pneumonia treatment in the ER, says Kathryn Kuttler, Darren Mann and Dr. Peter Haug at Intermountain Healthcare in a preview of their HIMSS23 presentation.

Also, AIIMS New Delhi is set to go all digital for payments next year.

It supports the collaboration among CDI specialists in reviewing patient charts and keeping a record of actions.

This form of AI has made progress in diagnosis and medical coding. An expert discusses why it has yet to plow further.

The staff used the technology for outpatient evaluation, management coding and documentation, greatly improving processes and performance.

“A big contributing factor to this success was the creation of auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements,” said the health system’s CMIO.

The list of healthcare jobs the AHIMA Foundation program can help fill and upskill is long and varied, including clinical documentation improvement specialists, data analysts, medical and clinical lab techs, privacy and security officers and more.

Hospitals are increasingly looking for more technical employees, AHIMA found, based on latest job listings.

CAC software can automate nearly 90 percent of medical coding and enable hospitals to compare actual care with best practices to increase efficiencies, report says.

The industry group argued that not adequately funding the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would undermine the 21st Century Cures Act and inhibit work toward a learning health system.