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- Title
Eight methods for improving coding quality and efficiency.
- Authors
Haggarty, Carolyn; Ives, Jacqueline
- Abstract
The article presents a report outlining eight methods for improving medical coding quality and productivity for the creation of quality health information. Topics include monetary and non-monetary rewards as motivation for clinical coders, goal management by coding managers, coder training and education, and the sorting of medical records into groups for processing by specialty coders.
- Subjects
MEDICAL coding; MANAGEMENT of medical records; MEDICAL databases; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL informatics; ELECTRONIC health records
- Publication
Health Information Management Journal, 2005, Vol 34, Issue 2, p59
- ISSN
1833-3583
- Publication type
Article