Computer-assisted coding may be wave of the future
Editor's note: Because automation in work flow is a current topic of interest for everyone in the healthcare field exposed to the EHR, this month's issue is featuring a review of one of the more cutting-edge technologies: computer-assisted coding (CAC).
Long gone are the days of tedious manual-based coding in which coders didn't have the luxury of access to encoders or the Internet. Today's coder is savvy in the ways of the electronic world-a world in which computers play a large role in the day-to-day coding routine.
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