HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.1.1
2.1.1 - Normative

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## : AS.8.2 Support Rules-Driven Financial & Administrative Coding (Function)

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                AS.8.2#01
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                SHALL

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                    <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to maintain and render financial and administrative codes.</p>
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                AS.8.2#02
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to extract data from the electronic health record as required to simplify the coding of financial and administrative documentation.</p>
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                AS.8.2#03
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY render rules-driven prompts to facilitate the collection of data in the clinical workflow that is required for administrative and financial coding.</p>
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                AS.8.2#04
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                MAY

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                AS.8.2#05
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                MAY

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                AS.8.2#06
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to render notification to appropriate user(s) about coding-related documentation deficiencies.</p>
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                AS.8.2#07
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY provide the ability to render highlighting of coding-related documentation deficiencies.</p>
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