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Central Learning Releases 3rd Annual Nationwide ICD-10 Coder Performance DataCENTER VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Learning, a web-based coding assessment and education application, released the results of the 3rd annual nationwide ICD-10 coding contest. Central Learning is part of the Pena4, Inc. suite of health information and revenue cycle technology solutions for healthcare organizations. Manny Peña, RHIA, Founder and CEO of Pena4, Inc. made the announcement today that Amanda Hobson from Greenwood, Indiana and Ashley Sparks from San Marcos, Texas received a total of $5,000 in cash prizes for achieving the highest average accuracy scores for their assigned inpatient and outpatient cases respectively.
From July 27th to August 30th, 2018, contest participants coded a total of 4,471-real medical record cases using Central Learning. Coders chose de-identified cases based on their area of coding specialty. Once coded, participants' accuracy and productivity levels were electronically graded against Central Learning's vetted, standardized answer key based on published coding guidelines. According to Peña, "We are honored to provide the industry's only analytical glimpse into coder accuracy and productivity. Central Learning scored over 4,000 cases in a matter of minutes. The amount of ICD-10 benchmarking data, in such a short time, is exciting. Now that we are three years into the contest, we have almost 8,000 coded cases. The contest results are intriguing and we look forward to analyzing the data even more for coder skill gaps, areas of improvement and DRG financial impact." Here are the following key findings on all participants:
Average outpatient scores were less than inpatient scores by approximately 10% to 15% for each years of experience category respectively. Click here to view a graph of average inpatient and outpatient accuracy scores between 2016-2018. Full contest results and more detailed information will be available at Booth #1402 at the 2018 AHIMA Convention & Exhibit or can be requested online at www.centrallearning.com/codingcontest. About Central Learning About Pena4 Inc. Media Contact View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/central-learning-releases-3rd-annual-nationwide-icd-10-coder-performance-data-300717197.html SOURCE Central Learning |