As the United States moves closer to ICD-10 implementation, healthcare organizations are looking for ways to simplify their transition. A smooth, efficient transition starts with a well defined plan.
Resource allocation, in the form of staff readiness, is an unquestionable part of a well defined plan. Numerous companies are offering coder training but how do you know where to start? How do you know your coding and clinical documentation improvement staff (CDI) is ready for ICD-10 training? Find out where your staff’s knowledge gaps are before you sign up for training. Don’t spend your financial resources without knowing the best place to focus it.
Education is an essential part of preparing staff for ICD-10 due to the increased clinical detail and specificity of the modern classification system. Let Amphion help you access your staff’s knowledge gaps—pre- and post-training—with our web-based testing systems.
ICD-10 CM/PCS Pre-10 Assessment Tool
Amphion’s pre-10 assessment tool is designed to test your coding and CDI staff’s proficiency in anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical terminology. Our pre-10 assessment system includes:
- extensive data bank of questions designed to provide comprehensive coverage of necessary knowledge base
- separate administrative module where individual staff scores can be monitored throughout the process
- immediate results upon completion of assessment including incorrect questions with the correct response
ICD-10 CM/PCS Post-10 Assessment Tool
Amphion’s post-10 assessment tool is designed to evaluate your coding and CDI staff’s proficiency on ICD-10 after training is complete. Our post-10 assessment system includes:
- sample charts of cases requiring code assignment
- extensive data bank of questions designed to provide assessment of staff’s retained knowledge of ICD-10
- separate administrative module where individual staff scores can be monitored throughout the process
- immediate results upon completion of the assessment including incorrect questions with the correct response
Coding Backlog to Cover Staff Training through Implementation
The number of procedure and diagnosis codes is vastly increasing due to ICD-10’s greater clinical detail and specificity. This classification system will increase the need for documentation and provide increased data for measuring quality of care but how will you avoid the anticipated coding backlog your facility will encounter?
Make Amphion part of your transition. Our staff will be trained in ICD-10 by January 2012 and will be available to provide backlog coding while your staff is being trained in ICD-10.
According to AAPC’s article, ICD-10 Impact on Productivity, “When preparation is done early, we should expect that productivity will return to normal about four to six months after the official implementation date.”
Call Amphion to customize a program to help your facility with coding backlog while your staff is being trained on ICD-10 through implementation.
Amphion’s coding staff offers you the proven benefit of our expertise in outsource services, meeting your need for credentialed and accurate coders. Our coding staff will be trained and evaluated on their comprehension of ICD-10 by January 2012.
Coding Accuracy Monitoring
What impact will ICD-10 have on your staff’s accuracy? No one knows for sure the impact ICD-10 will have on coding accuracy in the short term. Amphion can monitor your records for ICD-10 coding accuracy so you know exactly what the impact is to your facility.
Our accuracy monitoring reports include:
- accuracy rates
- individual coding review worksheets
- identification of underlying causes of coding error
- a master summary listing all cases reviewed with all code changes
Click here now to contact Amphion and find out how we can help you prepare for ICD-10.
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