Education & Training

FY 2020 CODE UPDATES
August 15, 2019

October 1, 2019 will mark the fourth mandated update to the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification systems. Whether you are a provider, payer, auditor, or vendor, anyone who deals with medical insurance claims needs to be aware of these changes and how to interpret them. Customize training based on your unique needs with convenient on-demand webinars.

On-Demand

ICD-10-PCS APPROACH–A CLOSER LOOK
Margaret Foley, PhD, RHIA, CCS, Department of Human Services Administration and Policy, Temple University
Product Code: AUDA011717 | CEUs: 2
ICD-10-PCS approach-related coding guidelines can be difficult to navigate and assign. Organizations need to ensure accurate coding to remain compliant. This webinar reviews the definitions for the fifth character approach values for the medical and surgical section of ICD-10-PCS. Using specific clinical examples, the presenter provides the audience with a deeper review of the selection of the approach character. Join us for ICD-10-PCS Approach—A Closer Look where you can learn how to select approach characters more accurately for greater compliance.
List Price: $119 | Member Price: $99

HIM OPPORTUNITY! COMMERCIAL CONTRACT REVIEW AND PAYMENT ASSESSMENT
Lauree Handlon, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPC-H, FAHIMA, Cleverley + Associates
Product Code: AUDA012417 | CEUs: 2
Hospitals continue to battle with determining how to maximize revenue, but HIM can help! When governed appropriately, commercial contract terms can have a majorly positive influence on a hospital’s revenue. HIM professionals are ideally positioned to take on these responsibilities by reviewing, negotiating, and implementing provider/payer contracts. This webinar details three strategies that can help hospitals achieve revenue goals and provide a career path opportunity for HIM professionals. Maximize career potential, maximize hospital revenue—this session shows you how to do it.
List Price: $119 | Member Price: $99

KEY ICD-10-CM EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FROM AN AUDIT PERSPECTIVE
Donna Smith, RHIA, Consulting Services, 3M Health Information Systems and Susan Belley, RHIA, CPHQ, Consulting Services, 3M Health Information Systems
Product Code: AUDA012617 | CEUs: 2
With the implementation of ICD-10, it is critical to perform internal and external coding audits to validate the accuracy of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding performed in your facility. In this session, the speakers will discuss the primary opportunities for improvement based on their experience performing hundreds of post-ICD-10 implementation coding reviews. They offer an approach for structured auditing of ICD-10 coding along with a review and comparison of DRG statistics. Using case study examples, the presenters will detail the most common coding errors and DRG inconsistencies in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Attendees leave with a step-by-step plan for promoting coding accuracy in their facilities.

ICD-10-PCS CODING FOR COMMON PROCEDURES OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND OBSTETRICS
Christine Dundas, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10 Trainer and Ambassador
Product Code: AUDA082115 | CEU: 1
Do you need or want more detail-specific education on ICD-10- PCS for common procedures of the female reproductive system and obstetrics? Listen to this one-hour presentation that provides case scenarios related to the procedural coding of common female reproductive, pregnancy, and childbirth procedures. This interactive, hands-on ICD-10-PCS webinar will allow you to code along with the presenter as you are led through some complex procedures. The webinar will focus on the more frequently performed inpatient procedures such as hysterectomy (abdominal and vaginal), oophorectomy, C-section, artificial rupture of membranes to assist delivery and fetal monitoring. Correct code selection will be based on associated guidelines.
List Price: $60 | Member Price: $50 

ICD-10-PCS: THE 7 APPROACHES IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SECTION
Sandra Routhier, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10 Trainer and Ambassador
Product Code: AUDA100215 | CEU: 1
Do you need or want more detail-specific education on assigning ICD-10-PCS codes for the seven approaches in the medical and surgical section? Listen to this one-hour, interactive, hands-on webinar presentation that provides case scenarios and allows you to code along with the presenter as you are led through some complex procedures. This webinar will provide a combination of lecture and hands-on practice to help coders prepare for coding procedures in ICD-10-PCS, while focusing on the necessary elements for the successful assignment of the 5th character values for the seven approaches in the medical and surgical section. Real life case studies (such as those done via burr holes, endovascular, laparoscopic-assisted) will be utilized to walk through the assignment of the ICD-10-PCS procedure codes.
List Price: $60 | Member Price: $50 

MS-DRG GROUPING WITH ICD-10-CM/PCS
Margaret Foley, PhD, RHIA, CCS
Product Code: AUDA012116 | CEUs: 2
Are you up to speed on grouping MS-DRGs with the latest code sets? Webinar attendees will learn how an MS-DRG is assigned and how the grouper logic has been revised to accommodate the use of ICD-10-CM/PCS codes.
List Price: $119 | Member Price: $99 

ENCEPHALOPATHY: WHEN ALTERED MENTAL STATUS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!
James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS
Product Code: AUDA072616 | CEUs: 2
Get your head around altered mental states! This webinar will discuss the clinical differences between altered mental status, confusion, delirium, and encephalopathy. The audience will understand the pathophysiology and etiology of each clinical process and be able to identify common clinical indicators related to each process. Examples of cases illustrating the clinical application of the different types of encephalopathy will be presented in addition to presenting structured physician queries to assist the attendees to communicate more effectively with the physicians regarding documentation of these complex clinical issues. Additionally, the presenter will discuss the correct coding of encephalopathy in ICD-10-CM.
List Price: $119 | Member Price: $99