title: Achieving coding consistency.
abstract: Even small departments may never experience complete harmony in their assignment of codes, but they have good motivation for achieving as much consistency as they can. Training, communication, monitoring, and coding reviews help reach that goal, HIM experts say.
authors.affiliation: chris.dimick@ahima.org
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimick
mesh_terms: D004496:Education, Continuing; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D006268:Health Facilities; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D014481:United States