This in-depth 2-day home health-specific ICD-10 coding training will empower you with the knowledge you need to ensure success. You will learn ICD-10 coding guidelines and conventions and how this specifically applies to common home health scenarios. ICD-10 coding is challenging and opens up a new world of coding. With approximately 68,000 ICD-10 codes, there is a lot to learn. ICD-10 coding impacts reimbursement, risk adjustment, and impacts quality outcomes. Our expert faculty will teach you and practice with you on how you can document the correct ICD-10 diagnosis for optimal patient outcomes and compliance. You will learn specific documentation requirements for certain diseases and the correct ICD-10 codes. Attendees will attain needed knowledge regarding the implementation of ICD-10-CM. Topics of presentation include implementation timelines, coding guidelines and rules, guidance and breakdown of new alphabetical chapters, dissection of the ICD-10 code, common home health scenarios, selection of primary and secondary diagnoses, and effects the transition to ICD-10-CM will have in agency productivity and revenues. There's a lot riding on the accurate assignment of codes and this training ensures you and your agency are prepared for ICD-10 and the way it fundamentally changes the home health industry.
Axxess Consult Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
Axxess is an approved provider of continuing education in the administration of home health agencies by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
110 Calle Del Norte Dr
Laredo, TX 78041
Phone: 956-723-9100
All attendees should come prepared with an ICD-10-CM coding manual to the training boot camp/seminar. ICD-10-CM coding manuals can be purchased at:
DecisionHealth: Purchase Here
Ingenix/Optum: Purchase Here
Jennifer Gibson is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of home health industry experience. She is a certified OASIS and Coding Specialist. She regularly trains on ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding. She has held several leadership roles in the administration of home health agencies and as a Director of Nursing. Jennifer consults widely for home health agencies nationwide and is a sought after contributor to industry blogs and publications. Jennifer is committed to the success of the home care industry and currently serves on several committees for the National Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (AHHQI) as well as the Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice. Jennifer has the heart of a teacher, and her passion is to support others in the home care industry.
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