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Healthcare News: Hospitals might not hire new coders to prepare for ICD-10, according to ACDIS survey

The recent ACDIS 2013 ICD-10 Preparation Survey found that 48% of respondents don’t plan to add coding staff members to meet the challenge of ICD-10 implementation. Meanwhile, 66% of respondents said they don’t plan to hire additional clinical documentation improvement (CDI) staff.

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