Description
We’ve all been there. You open an operative report to assign codes and you have no idea what you’re reading. It can be enough to bring someone to tears. This presentation walks through operative reports for a hip arthroplasty revision, cerebral angiography, cardioverter defibrillator exchange, and a spinal fusion. The presenter separates the “need to know” from the “nice to know” documentation from a coder’s point of view and assigns ICD-10-PCS codes to these tricky coding topics.
Objectives:
- Dissect four operative reports covering complex topics
- Identify clues for code assignment
- Assign ICD-10-PCS codes to operative reports
Presenter
Kristi Pollard, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CIRCC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
Kristi is a senior consultant with more than 20 years of industry experience and is the author of a delightfully funny blog dedicated to the profession of coding. Kristi has an extensive background in coding education and consulting and is a national speaker on topics related to ICD-10 and CPT coding as well as code-based reimbursement. She has designed and developed training programs for inpatient and outpatient hospital-based coding including vascular interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, orthopedics and obstetrics.
Kristi has served the Colorado Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) as board Director, co-chair of the Data Quality Committee, and co-chair for the ICD-10 Task Force. She is also a past president of the Northern Colorado Health Information Management Association (NCHIMA). Kristi devotes extra time to mentoring current and future coders through her Coder Coach blog and is the proud recipient of the 2011 AHIMA Triumph Award for Mentoring. She has also received awards from CHIMA for Distinguished Member (2018) and Outstanding Volunteer (2013) and from AHIMA for Roundtable Achievement in Coding Excellence (RACE).
Lorelei –
You did an excellent job on presenting the topic and information so I would not change anything about it!
Thessalyn –
Amy –
A very thorough presentation over op reports.
Haugen Customer –