Physician education should be a top priority for ICD-10 training, starting immediately. Administrators can focus on how important physician documentation is to getting paid for any procedures.
Develop a physician champion to be a proponent of the ICD-10 implementation and work with other physicians. Surgeons often respond best to physician-to-physician education.
Experts also recommend breaking training down in small pieces that are more likely to stick, rather than making physicians and staff members sit through one eight-hour training seminar.
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