ICD-10-CM Code Update: How 2600+ Code Changes Will Impact Your Practice
Learn key details about changes to the ICD-10-CM code set and how to prepare your practice for Oct. 1.
Webinar • Wednesday, June 22, 2016 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Get ready for the first update to ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect last year. It’s also the first update to a diagnosis code set in five years and 10x the volume of changes normally implemented. With over 2,600 code changes, it’s impossible for you to prepare on your own.
Join coding expert Margie Scalley Vaught on June 22 to get a head start on understanding how to use the new codes starting Oct. 1. We’ll help you break down the changes by chapter and code type to better understand how they will change your ICD-10 coding. We’ll also include a first look at tabular addenda and guideline changes.
Getting a clear understanding of specific changes – e.g., new codes expanding laterality or requiring more specific anatomic documentation – will help you be ready for adoption.
We’ll specifically review and provide guidance on how to use:
- 260 new diabetes mellitus combination codes
- Post-operative complication codes (post-op hemorrhages and hematomas)
- New bunion codes and how they differ from hallux valgus
- New atypical pathological femoral fracture codes, as well as traumatic skull and jaw and foot and ankle fracture codes
- Bilateral extremity nerve disorder codes
- New cerebral infarction codes specific to site and cause, as well as new codes for cognitive and memory deficits related to subarachnoid, intracerebral and intracranial hemorrhage
- New GI codes including cause-specific colitis, site-specific intestinal ischemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, drug and alcohol-induced pancreatitis
- New genito-urinary and prenatal code changes that could help you better support care for a patient with a high-risk pregnancy
With thousands of code changes, you're going to need help. Don’t let these changes affect your payment. Register today and ensure you are ready for Oct. 1!
Your Expert Presenter
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Margie Scalley Vaught has more than 30 years of experience in the health care arena, including more than 20 years in orthopedic coding, billing and reimbursement. Margie frequently performs internal audits, provides education and training to physicians and office staff, and she helps clinics establish billing and compliance manuals. She is an advisor on orthopedic coding to the Board of Medical Specialty Coding, and she helped to develop the Advanced Orthopedic Coding credentialing exam. Margie has contributed many articles to the AAOS Bulletin, and she serves as consulting editor to Medical Practice Coding Pro and the Orthopedic Coder’s Pink Sheet.
BMSC Approved CEUs
The Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance has approved 1 continuing education unit for this webinar. (ACS or SCP)
