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

Format: Virtual, On-Demand

Expert Trainer: Sherri Parson, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O, HCS-H, COS-C, Chief Compliance Officer/Director of Operations, Infusion Health

Audience: Coders, Coding supervisors, Coding educators and trainers, Clinicians responsible for coding

Level: This training is intended for intermediate-level coders who have been coding in home health for at least 1 year and are planning to sit for their HCS-D credential, or who became credentialed in the past year.

BONUS: Receive HCS-D study session materials with purchase of this training!

Learn how to sequence the most common home health diagnoses in ICD-10. Our expert speaker includes opportunities to pause the recording to work through scenarios, which she discusses in depth to ensure retention and comprehension.

More specifically, this training will cover:

• Introduction to coding and its importance, including a coder's roles & responsibilities
• Creating a compliant record and impact on payment: Describe how documentation, OASIS & coding all work together to affect payment PDGM.
• Coding conventions and guidelines
• Key chapter-specific guidelines in the following Tabular chapters, including instruction on how to assign the code, key sequencing guidelines to be aware of, what to avoid/be cautious of:
• Chapt 1: Infections, Sepsis, SIRS, Septic Shock, MRSA, HIV
• Chapt 2: Malignancy (primary v secondary), Transplant complication
• Chapt 3: Anemia, anemia and neoplasms
• Chapt 4: Diabetes, primary v secondary diabetes, diabetic manifestations (“with”), use of insulin, non-insulin and/or oral hypoglycemic drugs
• Chapt 5: Documenting mental and behavioral disorders, dementia, vascular dementia, Substance use, abuse, withdrawal
• Chapt 6: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's (and Parkinsonism and Dementia), Lewy body dementia, MS, hemiplegia, Pain
• Chapt 9: Hypertensive diseases (and assumed relationships), heart failure, STEMI vs non-STEMI, CAD, AMIs, CVA and sequelae, PVD, PAD, Atherosclerosis
• Chapt 10: Pneumonia, COPD, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis
• Chapt 11: Digestive diseases
• Chapt 12: Abscesses & cellulitis, pressure ulcers, non-pressure chronic ulcers
• Chapt 13: Musculoskeletal disorders v injuries, arthritis, osteomyelitis, osteoporosis, pathological fractures, periprosthetic fractures,
• Chapt 14: CKD, kidney transplants
• Chapt 18: Proper use of symptom codes
• Chapt 19: Coding Injuries, trauma wounds, bites, superficial injuries, skin tears, traumatic fractures and 7^th character use, burns & corrosions, amputations, coding common complications (including surgical wound complication, joint replacement complication). A review of the Table of Drugs: Poisoning vs Adverse Effect vs Underdosing
• Chapt 20: Proper assignment of external cause codes
• Chapt 21: Use of Z codes; aftercare, attention to, non-compliance status, history, SDoH, drains, ostomies, joint replacements, long-term drug use, implants and grafts.
• Chapt 22: COVID, vaping

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?

• Coders
• Coding supervisors
• Coding educators and trainers
• Clinicians responsible for coding

Meet the Speaker

Sherri Parson, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O, HCS-H, COS-C, Chief Compliance Officer/Director of Operations, Infusion Health

Sherri brings more than 27 years of healthcare experience to her role as Chief Compliance Officer/Director of Operations at Infusion Health.

She has been an in-home provider of skilled-nursing services as well as developing expertise in quality assurance, diagnosis coding, OASIS review and regulatory compliance. Sherri further developed her home health expertise as a therapy manager, staff educator, quality metric analysis and development expert.

Her vast experience in home health has prepared her for her current role where she is responsible for staff development and compliance. Sherri travels and presents to state home care association meetings, national events, and on-site trainings. Other accomplishments include adjunct professor and developer of a college Home Health Coding Course. She has authored numerous articles and is frequently sought after for her expertise by publications such as Home Health Line, Diagnosis Coding Pro, and AAPC Home Care Weekly. In addition to these publications, she has served as a technical editor for the Home Care Clinical Specialist-Hospice (HCS-H) Certification Study Guide, Home Care Coding Specialist-Diagnosis (HCS-D) Certification Study Guide, Home Health ICD-10-CM Coding Answers, and Home Health ICD-10-CM Coding Companion. Sherri currently serves on the AHCC's Board of Medical Specialty Coding and Compliance HCS-H and HCS-O Exam Committees.

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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Face To Face Answers, Second Edition: Complete guide to mastering home health and hospice face-to-face (F2F) requirements. 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 10 HCS-D, 10 HCS-H, 2 HCS-O, 2 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 10 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: customer@decisionhealth.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:

• Intermediate Training Sessions (Session totals approx. 10 hours)
• Intermediate Training Materials
• HCS-D Study Session Materials

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.

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

• Phone:800-650-6787
• Email: customer@decisionhealth.com

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