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The Importance Of Coding Professionals

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What this means to me is as healthcare professional workers is we must follow the guidelines completely and accurately. It is very important to submit the right information being accurate so it doesn’t effect the reimbursement, public data reporting, quality and patient safety measurement, and research. Its very important that HIM professionals pay attention to details. “Coding professionals, regardless of their professional function or setting in which they work, should remember to first code to only what is supported by documentation in the chart and second ask for clarification if documentation is unclear.” (AHIMA) We are to remain professional when we code following and the procedures and guidelines and not make up our owns rules. Not

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