Description
To code or not to code? That is the question when it comes to assignment of secondary diagnoses in any health care setting. This webinar will address this tricky and subjective topic by presenting key points about coding for additional diagnoses for hospital inpatient/outpatient and physicians alike.
Objectives:
- Determine which sections of the coding guidelines apply to different coding settings
- Compare and contrast facility and professional-fee coding
- Apply a quick-reference checklist to diagnostic coding
- Recognize chronic and other conditions that impact patient visits
- Determine when additional codes for signs and symptoms should be coded in addition to a related condition to establish medical necessity
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Presenters
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).
CE Credits
The CEUs for this webinar will expire on 1.19.23. The webinar recording will be available until 1.19.24.
AHIMA
This webinar has been approved for 1 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 1 continuing education hour. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
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I loved the medical necessity Article info. More from Kristi! She’s so engaging and funny.
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helped with the Z-coding
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Clarification of what to code on Newborns.
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colon neoplasm w/obstruction – was not aware of the 3rd Q 2021 coding clinic
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Presented in an easy to understand way.
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I have a better understanding of which secondary diagnoses to add and especially the history and or status codes.
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The examples in this webinar were particularly good, I see these types of scenarios a lot. I always learn something from Kristi’s webinars and I look forward to listening for her cat’s meow.
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I learned which documents I should be using for additional diagnoses. I’m always doubtful if I’m doing too much (coding too many things needlessly).
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A great review for me coding secondary diagnosis.
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Great information. Easy to follow and understand.
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This is a difficult subject in to cover in only an hour.
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Great webinar – I really liked that examples were used.
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Is is always good to have a yearly refresher regarding the capturing of secondary diagnoses and appropriate documentation.
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reinforced the knowledge that outpatient facility and profee coding are usually going to be different even for the same case
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It was given in a clear and easy way to understand.
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Refresher of coding guidelines of secondary diagnosis
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great examples for z code reporting
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First time hearing MEAT. This is a good tool for determining the secondary diagnoses that can be coded.
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First time hearing MEAT. This is a good tool for determining the secondary diagnoses that can be coded.
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great examples for z code reporting
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Refresher of coding guidelines of secondary diagnosis
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Good tips about Z codes and medical necessity.
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Good tips about Z codes and medical necessity.
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code only chronic 2ndary dx codes & don’t just code due to taking medications
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Thank you
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better understanding of coding secondary diagnoses
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Know your guidelines.
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logical way to determine symptom coding
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Sound was a bit choppy.
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Thank you
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As always, Kristy is a great instructor.
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very clear
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Great course!
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I have been coding for a hospital for almost a year. I code ancillary which surprisingly is very challenging at times. There is a lot of conflicting information given to me by seasoned coders. More webinars and education for outpatient coding would be very helpful. There is not much out there at all.
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excellent, very informative
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Great education. Would have liked to see the Tips and Expertise that pertained to this Webinar, but was for the previous COVID webinar at the end of this presentation.
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We hope you enjoyed the webinar! You can view the FAQ from this webinar on our blog page: https://www.thehaugengroup.com/tips-expertise-taking-a-second-look-at-secondary-diagnoses-webinar-qa/
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The entire webinar was very informative.
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This webinar did clarify some things for me about picking up additional codes on the OP side. A different thought process for the allergy codes
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