Countdown to ICD-10: Devise a four-year training plan
HIM Briefings, April 1, 2009
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“Even though 2013 sounds like it’s really far away, I think that’s a risky conclusion,” says Sue Bowman, RHIA, CCS, director of coding policy and compliance at AHIMA in Chicago. “People should really take advantage of these years and not think that it’s too early to get started.”
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