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Report: Only 63% of ICD-10 Documentation Accurately Coded

In a recent ICD-10 pilot project, healthcare coders were accurate only 63 percent of the time, on average, in their documentation from medical records. In addition, coders averaged two medical records per hour, compared with four per hour under ICD-9, which equates to a 50 percent drop in productivity. The results came from the ICD-10 national pilot program, which started in April 2012 and ended in August 2013. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and... more