Code Explosion: Leveraging Computer-Assisted Coding

Lorri Luciano, RHIA, Manager, HIM Product Hospital Specialist, OptumInsight. Lorri provides a detailed discussion of ICD-10 and coding; how this impacts hospitals and what you should be thinking about. She shares her experience in helping hospitals implement computerized-assisted coding (CAC), the benefits these hospitals have seen, as well as information from other hospitals adopting CAC – both challenges and solutions. Lorri shares stories and examples that demonstrate effective use of CAC, her recommendations, and demonstrates how organizations are calculating ROI on both inpatient and outpatient results achieved.