STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of EduCode Doc Briefs, an ICD-10 education series designed for physicians and other practitioners. EduCode Doc Briefs is available on its own or with EduCode Clinical Documentation Improvement, another offering in Elsevier's Clinical Documentation solution.
Elsevier's EduCode Clinical Documentation Solutions will be part of the new ICD-10 ‘Wake-up Call’ campaign to encourage facilities and physicians to stay on track and begin learning and mastering the new ICD-10-CM/PCS systems, which will go into effect October 14, 2014. Elsevier will also launch a Countdown Clock App for iOS and Android to detail the exact amount of time left before ICD-10 goes into effect.
EduCode Doc Briefs are concise online lessons with associated Continuing Medical Education (CME) designed to help physicians and non-physician practitioners identify the clinical documentation needed to support an admission, justify a diagnostic work-up, validate treatments and services and accurately reflect a patient's severity of illness. Elements such as acuity, clinical indicators, synonyms, associated conditions, complications, treatments, and manifestations are covered. Improved documentation will allow more specific coding and reporting that is necessitated by the ICD-10-CM/PCS coding system.
Elsevier's EduCode Clinical Documentation solution provides practical information for both the physician authoring the health record and the coding specialist abstracting and analysing the documentation.
