Stay In the Know: Get the Latest Coding Clinic Guidance

Stay In the Know: Get the Latest Coding Clinic Guidance

Now available ON-DEMAND

Presented on:
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Presented by:
Megan Batty, HCS-D
Executive Editor of Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health Newsletter
Junior Product Manager, DecisionHealth

Level of Program:
Intermediate

Coding Clinic is a source of official, binding coding guidance. Yet, it is not publicly available to the people who need it the most: home health coders like yourself. Many of the Coding Clinic updates published throughout 2017 have a major impact on common home health diagnoses, including respiratory conditions such as COPD and diabetes.

Join Megan Batty, HCS-D, for this on-demand 60-minute webinar that will detail all the recent Coding Clinic guidance updates you must know to code correctly and compliantly.

This in-depth review will help you:

• Understand the key areas where Coding Clinic guidance has been updated
  
  
• Discern how to use the “with” convention in regard to not elsewhere classified (NEC) conditions
  
  
• Know how to apply updated guidance to the use of pathology/lab reports
   
• Develop a clear framework for coding the components of COPD in light of the 2018 code updates and other important new respiratory coding guidance
  
  
• Gain a clear view of key updates that affect cardiovascular coding
  
  
• Understand Coding Clinic guidance on various forms of dementia

Agenda

• Get important updates to the interpretation of coding guidelines and conventions, such as how pathology/lab reports can be used for coding purposes
  
  
• Learn how to deal with NEC conditions that are listed under “with” in the index
  
  
• Understand how to code emphysema with acutely exacerbated COPD in light of the 2018 index changes, as well as updates on the coding of unspecified and exacerbated asthma, and coding non-infectious pneumonia
  
  
• Get coding instructions on conditions that can result from strokes, such as paralysis following a spinal stroke and encephalopathy
  
  
• Learn how to work through scenarios involving certain complications of myocardial infarctions and congestive heart failure with diastolic dysfunction
  
  
• Take a look at Coding Clinic’s recent guidance on the coding of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease and due to Parkinson’s
  
  
• Receive guidance on coding the use of electronic cigarettes and nicotine dependence in remission
  
  
• Learn the correct codes to use for emaciation and severe malnutrition

Bonus Tool! 
Quick guide to Coding Clinic guidance updates

Who Should Listen? 

• Home health coders
• Coding supervisors
• Hospice administrators
• Contract coding supervisors
• Independent contract coders

Continuing Education:

Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC)
The Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance has approved 1 continuing education unit for this webinar. (HCS-D). Ability to claim CEU’s for this webinar expires on 06/06/18.

Your Expert Presenter 

Megan Batty, HCS-D 
Executive Editor of Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health Newsletter 
Junior Product Manager, DecisionHealth 

Megan Batty has worked for DecisionHealth since 2008 as a graduate fellow, editor, and junior product manager. She has covered multiple aspects of home healthcare for Home Health Line, OASIS-C & Outcomes Solutions, and Private Duty Insider, but has spent the majority of her time writing about home health diagnosis coding as the executive editor of Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health. She’s worked on many of DecisionHealth’s industry-leading coding products, including the Complete Home Health Coding Manual, the Coding & OASIS Field Guide, and the Home Health Coding Companion and Documentation Trainer; she also developed the new Wound Coding & OASIS Field Guide.