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Education is an important part of preparing for ICD-10 implementation, but don't spend your time trying to memorize code sets.
That was the advice Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CENTC, CGSC, COBGC, CPEDC, shared with attendees at the AAPC's regional conference in Nashville Sept. 7-9. Buckholtz is vice president of ICD-10 education and training at AAPC and led a general session at the conference entitled "ICD-10: What You Need to Know."
"It's too soon to learn code sets, plus there's not much sense in learning them right now because [...]
- Published on 2011-10-07