How much do you know about ICD-9-CM coding?
Are you frequently at odds with your coding staff because the documentation you’ve worked so hard to get doesn’t end up as a code on the final claim? Do your working DRG assignments get shot down too often? Does Coding Clinic or the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines make your head spin?
If these or other scenarios sound familiar, you might want to consider coming out to Las Vegas a day early on Tuesday, May 13, for a special one-day pre-conference event: ICD-9 Coding Essentials: What every CDI specialist needs to know.
This one-day seminar provides an in-depth session on ICD-9-CM inpatient coding, the MS-DRGs system, and the forthcoming switch to ICD-10-CM. Tailored for clinical documentation specialists, participants will walk away with a firm understanding on how to use the ICD-9-CM Manual, the fundamentals of principal diagnosis assignment, and will learn how to assign the correct MS-DRG to cases with an MCC/CC as well as non-MCC/CC cases. You’ll also get up to speed on the forthcoming ICD-10-CM system.
Participants will receive one free copy of the 2009 ICD-9-CM Manual (Volumes 1, 2, 3) with admission.
Contact Shannon!
Our conference brochure is almost done so please check the conference page for updates. But in the meantime, Shannon has offered up her e-mail address to take any questions you may have about this special pre-conference event. You can reach Shannon at smccall@hcpro.com
About the Author: Brian Murphy, CPC, is director of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS). Brian is also an executive editor in the revenue cycle division of ACDIS’ parent company HCPro, Inc.