Consider dual coding in advance of ICD-10
Medical Records Briefing, March 1, 2012
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Most HIM directors have October 2013 looming in their minds as the ICD-10 implementation deadline. But according to many experts, coders should be coding in both ICD-9 and ICD-10 well in advance of that date.
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