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AHIMA

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AHIMAAmerican Health Information Management Association (Chicago, IL)


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Last year, AHIMA called upon Health and Human Services--the code-set maintenance organization for the United States--and the health-care industry to expedite the adoption and implementation of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets, rules and guidelines.
Ahima of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia has suspected since adiponectin's discovery that it might also target the brain, as leptin does.
In fact, AHIMA points to the suitability of its own members to fulfill this role in the hospital environment because they are aware of state and federal laws that apply to health information, understand and direct the flow of patient information within the organizations that employ them, understand the nature of technologies that help manage sensitive information, advocate for the patient's privacy rights, and support patient privacy in their Professional Code of Ethics (www.
 
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