With the introduction of ICD-10 on Oct. 1, there are now 132,500 new codes and new ways for healthcare organizations to be paid less based upon inadequate documentation or, worse, documentation that does not support the services rendered. Thus, it is incumbent upon healthcare leaders and physicians to come up with new ways to manage documentation through clinical documentation improvement (CDI) initiatives that lower operating costs, improve the accuracy of documentation and improve the effectiveness of revenue cycle management performance.

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