Defining ICD-9-CM coding competency for providers. A position statement of the American Medical Record Association.
Since the implementation of PPS, financial survival of healthcare facilities has been linked to an accurate medical record, and an accurate medical record requires competent coders. Recognizing this, the American medical record Association has prepared this position to define ICD-9-CM coding competency.
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States