ICD-10 Glitch and Certified Medical Scribes

  • January 24, 2017
  • Cooperative of American Physicians
  • The updates to ICD-10 will impact CMS's ability to process data reported on certain quality measures for the 4th quarter of the 2016 calendar year.
  • One of the Certified Medical Scribe Specialists core responsibilities is to capture accurate and detailed documentation of the physician/mid-level encounter and increase clinical workflow efficiencies, creating time and space for clinicians to appropriately care for patients.

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