Trend and benchmark case mix index, unspecified code usage and secondary diagnosis codes.
Nate Seaman, Associate Vice President at MedeAnalytics: Let your data show you how your ICD-10 performance compares to your peers. Say 90 percent of your peers are coding for a particular secondary diagnosis code but you are not. Understand why that is and take steps to rectify the problem.
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