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Development and Use of Automated Coding Software to Enhance Antifraud Activities

by Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, RHIA, CCS, CTR, CPHQ, FAHIMA; Valerie J.M. Watzlaf, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA; and Sohrab Moeini, BSIS  Abstract The deliberate submittal of false claims to private health...

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2007 CAC Conference Introduction

Computer-assisted Coding Software Standards Workshop October 2007 Summary Introduction The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and its Foundation of Research and Education (FORE)...

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Coding Professionals’ Feelings toward Computers and Automated Coding

by Mary H. Stanfill, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P Abstract This qualitative research study was undertaken in an effort to better understand how coding professionals feel about the use of computers and automated...

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Communication of Clinically Relevant Information in Electronic Health...

by Philip Resnik, PhD; Michael Niv, PhD; Michael Nossal, MA; Andrew Kapit; and Richard Toren Abstract We report on a study comparing unrestricted physician dictations with structured input in...

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Computer Assisted Coding At Its Limits—An Analysis of More Complex Coding...

by Mark Morsch, MS; Carol Stoyla, CLA; Michael Landis; Stacy Rogers; Ronald Sheffer, Jr., MA; Michelle Vernon, RCC; and Michelle A. Jimmink, MBA Abstract Healthcare organizations that have adopted...

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Defining the Standards for Automated E&M Coding Through Coding Consistency...

by James Flanagan, MD, PhD, FACP; and Mariana Casella dos Santos, MD Abstract A number of studies have shown that evaluation and management (E&M) coding even by experienced professional coders...

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Evaluating E&M Coding Accuracy of GoCode a Compared to Internal Medicine...

by Rhonda R. Thomas, PhD, MBA; Constantin Mitocaru; and Judith Hanlon Introduction  Change is continually upon us, and the challenge is to leverage technology to become more efficient professionals,...

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CDA for Common Document Types: Objectives, Status, and Relationships to...

by Liora Alschuler Abstract This paper describes the clinical document architecture (CDA) and the CDA4CDT (clinical document architecture for common document types) initiative and suggests how adoption...

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The Impact of Physician Quality Measures on the Coding Process

by Mark Morsch, MS; Ronald Sheffer, Jr., MA; Susan Glass, RHIT, CCS-P; Carol Stoyla, CLA; and Sean Perry Abstract Physician coding and billing is undergoing a major change that has expanded the...

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Use of the Delphi Method to Generate a Gold Standard for the Medical Coding...

by M. Elliott Familant, PhD; Stuart Covit; and Andrew B. Covit, MD Abstract A “gold standard” for medical coding is now an acknowledged need. However, the well-documented phenomenon of coder...

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