Payer's Guide to Healthcare Diagnostic and Procedural Data Quality, 2001 Edition

The Payer's Guide to Healthcare Data Quality and Integrity was assembled to introduce you to the issues of data quality and to serve as a helpful resource. This guide is designed to help build a bridge between the payer community and the health information management professionals in your area.

Download entire article in PDF* format by clicking here.

Download in sections:

Introduction and Part I: Classification Systems (PDF*)

Part II: Health Information Management (PDF*)

Part III: Official ICD-9-CM Guidelines (PDF*)

Reference Materials

Reference materials include Journal of AHIMA articles, position statements, and guidelines.

Three documents from the Coding Clinic are only available as PDF documents:

October 1, 2000 Update to V Code Article (Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2000) (PDF*)

First Annual Update to V Code Article (Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 1998) (PDF*)

V Codes (Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 1996) (PDF*)

*You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view and print the document—to download the software for free, go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html)

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