Ultimate Coding & OASIS Training Virtual Series: ICD-10 Coding Basics

Presented: On-Demand

Presented by: J'non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-H, COS-C, Sr. Vice President/Principal-Coding and OASIS Department at SimiTree Healthcare Consultants

Level: This session is intended for new and less experienced home health coders.

Bonus: You’ll also have access to the FY2024 ICD-10 Code & Guideline Update webinar, which will provide FY2024 code and guideline training so you’re up to speed.

Understand the core coding competencies that dictate accurate coding. Start with the coding fundamentals, guidelines, and conventions while you learn how your code choices impact your agency’s reimbursement and patient outcomes. Expert speaker J’non Griffin includes opportunities to pause the recording to work through scenarios, which she discusses in depth to ensure retention and comprehension.

Learn how to:

• Navigate the ICD-10 conventions & guidelines, including the use of laterality, Excludes notes, unspecified codes, sequelae, 7th character assignment, and key sequencing guidelines
• Use the Alphabetic Index, Tabular List, and neoplasm table to correctly find codes
• Apply critical thinking in understanding the sequencing of common diagnoses
• Recognize key coding and OASIS interactions
• Navigate the legal and ethical standards of care and clinician collaboration
• Look up codes in the coding manual including how to understand code structure, conventions and guidelines.
• Apply what you’ve learned by working through common home health scenarios

Required material: All participants must have a ICD-10-CM coding manual OR the Home Health Coding Center to participate. We recommend DecisionHealth’s Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual or DecisionHealth’s Home Health Coding Center.

Who Should Listen?

• Beginner coders
• Clinicians who code
• Home health supervisors who are taking a role in coding

Meet the Speaker

J’non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-C, HCS-H, COS-C, Director of Coding and OASIS at SimiTree

Griffin is also president of Home Health Solutions, a Simione Coding Company. She brings more than 34 years of experience as an RN in home healthcare. She has served as a field nurse, director of staff development and appeals, and as an executive with multiple home health and hospice agencies. She has also worked as the regional director of operations and served as the acting compliance officer. Griffin is a seasoned educator, published author, and national speaker. She has been a frequent contributor to industry publications, including DecisionHealth’s Diagnosis Coding Pro. She has published several manuals and assisted with the composition of several online modules for coding and OASIS instruction.

Recommended Resources

If you’re looking to continue your coding education and plan to eventually sit for the HCS-D certification exam, we recommend the following resources:

• Home Health ICD-10-CM Coding Assessment: Identify your own and/or your staff's home health ICD-10-CM coding understanding, identify potential skills gaps, pinpoint areas for training opportunities, and monitor progress over time. Learn more here.
• Ultimate Coding & OASIS Training Virtual Series: ICD-10 Intermediate Coding: This virtual online training will walk you through how to sequence the most common home health diagnoses in ICD-10. Learn more here.
• Home Health ICD-10-CM Coding Answers: To learn how to accurately code in ICD-10, you must practice coding. Practice your coding by working through 200 ICD-10 coding scenarios that cover home health's most complicated situations. Learn more here.
• Home Care Coding Specialist – Diagnosis (HCS-D) Certification Study Guide: This study guide will help prepare you to take the Home Care Coding Specialist-Diagnosis (HCS-D) certification examination, offered by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC). You’ll get tips and sample test questions authored by BMSC Board members. Learn more here.
• Home Health ICD-10-CM Coding Companion: A guide to accurate coding and compliance with expert guidance and comprehensive decision trees to help you navigate the ICD-10 code set. Learn more here.
• Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health: Monthly newsletter that delivers guidance on selecting the correct codes to accurately reflect a patient’s condition, prevent claims delays, support OASIS assessments and ensure proper payment. Learn more here.
• ICD-10-CM Wound Coding & OASIS Field Guide: Is your on-the-go reference to choose the right ICD-10 code and complete the OASIS for the most common home health wounds. Learn more here.
• Home Health Value Based Purchasing Guide, First Edition: Delivering best practices for improving all the key OASIS, claims and CAHPs based items that are used to determine Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) bonuses. Learn more here.

Continuing Education

Board of Medical Specialty Coding and Compliance (BMSC)
This program is preapproved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for 5 HCS-D, 5 HCS-H, 2 HCS-O, 1 HCS-C CEU(s).

Nursing Contact Hours
HCPro is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity for 4 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro.

How to receive your continuing education certificate
To obtain a continuing education certificate, you must watch the full training and get an 80% on the post-test. Once you pass the test, you’ll be provided a link to take an evaluation. Once you complete the evaluation, a certificate will be emailed to you. Please retain the email for future reference. Note: The automated certificates are sometimes mistaken for spam. We suggest you use a personal email address and check your junk mail folder after completing the evaluation.

Customer Service Contact Information
If you have questions regarding this product or activity, please contact customer service department for further assistance:

• Phone: 800-650-6787
• Email: customerservice@hcpro.com

Disclosure Statement

Please note the planners, presenter(s), and contributors to this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.

Instructions

Webinar system requirements and program materials: 
To fully benefit from the webinar experience, please note you will need a computer equipped with the following:

Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, with JavaScript enabled 
Internet: Internet connection (high-speed connection recommended) 
Streaming: for audio/video streaming, use any web browser listed above or Safari browser on iOS devices

Note: Once you have completed checkout you will receive an order confirmation email from Do-Not-Reply-TrainingToday@lmsnotification.com within 1 business day. This email will include your password and login information. Upon logging in you will gain access to all course material. The course material is to be used solely by the purchaser. Any sharing of this documentation is prohibited.

Your Class Sessions and Materials include:

• Basic Training Sessions (Session totals approx. 4 hours, 12 minutes )
• Basic Training Materials
• FY2024 ICD-10 Code & Guideline Update webinar (can be accessed within the course)

Required material: All participants of the training must have a ICD-10-CM coding manual OR the Home Health Coding Center to participate. We recommend DecisionHealth’s Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual or DecisionHealth’s Home Health Coding Center.

If you have questions about this virtual class contact us at:

• Phone: 800-650-6787
• Email: customerservice@hcpro.com

Attendees will have access to this event for 60 days from the time of purchase.