Knowledge Center
WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
Introduction to Telehealth Codes
Knowledge Center The purpose of this issue brief is to provide introductory information on codes for telehealth services, development of codes for telehealth services, and challenges with telehealth coding.
Read MoreICD-10-CM Clinical Indicators
Knowledge Center Section I (Conventions) of the 2017 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting includes a new guideline number 19 titled “Code assignment and Clinical Criteria”. This guideline states “The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider’s diagnostic statement that the condition exists. The provider’s statement that the patient has a…
Read MoreElectronic Payments: Guiding Principles
Knowledge Center The opportunities for improved efficiency and cost-savings associated with industry adoption of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) transaction are well established. However, despite having a national standard and supporting operating rules, ACH EFT is significantly underutilized by the industry, with the most recent CAQH Index® reporting that only 61.4%…
Read MoreMaximizing the Potential of Genomic Information to Improve Care Coordination and Health Outcomes
Knowledge Center Genomic medicine offers the potential to greatly improve medical practice by tailoring the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic care available to each patient. However, this potential depends on high-quality data that can be readily accessed and applied in the patient care setting. Although improvements to electronic health records (EHRs) have been made, much work…
Read MoreInnovative Encounters: A Primer
Knowledge Center The purpose of this issue brief is to provide a baseline understanding of innovative encounters and telehealth in today’s health care system. A WEDI definition of telehealth will be established. An overview will be provided about the delivery of telehealth, including who provides the services, what services are provided and where services are…
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ICD-10 Post-implementation Survey Results
Knowledge Center WEDI has been conducting ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS (ICD-10) readiness surveys since 2009 to gauge the status of industry implementation progress. On Oct. 1, 2015, the industry converted to ICD-10 in what some have called a non-eventful transition. In order to assess why the transition went so well and to leverage lessons learned for future large…
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