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APTIRMIK | Asosiasi Perguruan Tinggi Rekam Medis dan Manajemen Informasi Kesehatan American Medical Directors Association Home CDI + ICD10 = CMI Section Sponsored by: Case Mix Index (CMI) is a top area of concern for clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists and programs. And when ICD-10 goes live, CMI may be your fastest barometer for measuring effective, or ineffective, clinical documentation. Tips for Effectively Measuring CMIWhen CMI changes, your immediate reaction may be to assume coding errors have occurred. While coding issues may be a possibility, it could actually be a true case mix shift, new physician or recently added service line. Doing a historical analysis of CMI gives you the baseline of normal seasonality and expected variances. Under ICD-10, it will be even more important to know if CMI fluctuations are due to poor coding, weak documentation or one of the other factors mentioned above. Have any new service lines been added? Train the TeamCDI underlies not only the path to a successful transition to ICD-10, but is the underpinning of your CMI accuracy. {*style:<i>*}Alice O.
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Preparing Physicians for ICD-10: Easier Than You Think HIM's longstanding struggle with physician documentation is well understood and globally recognized. The challenges associated with securing complete, timely, and accurate documentation from physicians is fodder for HIM jokes nationwide. Yes, nine out of 10 coders around the water cooler agree ... physicians are a tough bunch. So with ICD-10 only one year away, how can you change up the CDI game plan to better educate your physicians, obtain stronger cooperation, and ensure coders have the documentation they need? 1. When talking to physicians about ICD-10, focus your presentations and communications on those diagnosis and procedures specific to them. 2. Physicians are most concerned about the impact of ICD-10 on their practices and personal revenue. The physician side of healthcare coding and billing is retaining CPT codes, so only diagnosis coding will change in the office setting. 3. Just like the title of this blog states, physicians want HIM to "tell them what to say." 4. 5. 6.
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