ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

Begin documentation improvement efforts NOW.

Identify most frequent diagnoses in your ED and develop documentation improvement templates for each.

Conduct "transition" exercises to understand how most common diagnoses are coded today and how the transition to ICD-10 diagnosis codes will occur.

Plan to educate coding staff no later than the final 6-months prior to implementation of ICD-10 to assure all are trained, experienced and good-to-go.