Industry Activities & Emerging Issues

Coding, Reimbursement and ICD-10

Computable code sets used for health plan claims submission and other administrative needs are an important factor for health care delivery systems of the 21st century.

AHIMA advocates for and influences policy and process decisions involving code assignment and use in a changing environment.

Follow these links for more information about industry activities and emerging issues:

• ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS
• Acute Care Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)

• Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

• Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC)

• Medicare Advantage (MA)

• HIPAA Transactions: 5010

• Standards of Ethical Coding
• Coded data performance measurement Collecting Root Cause to Improve Coding Quality Measurement

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