Making the leap to ICD-10 is a challenge for even the most experienced coder. With eight times the number of codes in ICD-9 and requiring a greater understanding of anatomy and physiology, achieving and remaining proficient in ICD-10 requires intensive training and ongoing practice while the industry waits out the latest implementation delay.
For this reason, Amphion has launched “ICD-10 Tips,” a periodic series of detailed information around some of ICD-10’s more complex codes. Each tip includes useful information about the code in question such as sample usage or clarification. For example, Tip #1 focuses on body part specificity—in particular that the PCS index does not contain the same specificity of body parts for all root operations—and provides examples including indexing. Tip #5 is focused on Xenograft and includes the definition, uses and device value.
ICD-10 Tips is the perfect complement to Amphion’s ICD-10 Coding Webinars, an innovative, fast-paced webinar series featuring tips and best practices from AHIMA-approved trainers. It includes complementary 15-minute webinars during which experts experienced in a variety of settings provide coders and managers with practical skills covering a range of key ICD-10 topics to help coders hone the critical skills needed to function effectively under the expansive code set.
Amphion the topics covered in the webinar series are:
• ICD-10 Out with the Old Terms – In with the New Ones!
• Devices: A New Concept in ICD-10-PCS
• Getting to the “Root” of ICD-10-PCS
• What’s New with Acute Myocardial Infarctions?
• What’s New with Anemia Secondary to Neoplasms?
• Challenges in Coding Fractures in ICD-10
• New Concepts in External Cause Codes in ICD-10
• ICD-10-PCS – Which Way? Approach to Common Procedures
• New Concepts in External Cause Codes in ICD-10
• ICD-10-PCS – Which Way? Approach to Common Procedures
• What’s New with Debridements?
• The Operative Report is the Key to Correct PCS Coding
With a year to go before the industry completes its transition to ICD-10, finding convenient and effective ways to keep skills fresh is imperative. ICD-10 Tips and ICD-10 Coding Webinars do just that—help coders retain the skills developed during training so they can help their facilities succeed in the complex ICD-10 coding environment.
Sign up for the next session of ICD-10 Advice – Just for Coders. Topics will include:
• Coding Poisoning and Toxic Effects
• Coding Adverse Effects and Underdosing
• Borderline Diagnosis
• Impending Diagnosis
• B95-B97 Bacterial and Viral Infectious Agents in Diseases classified Elsewhere
• Initial and Subsequent Myocardial Infarctions
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