Dwan Thomas-Flowers of the MAYO Clinic will present her best advice on what you should be doing now to prepare for the upcoming monumental changes in the way you code diagnosis for billing.
The new ICD-10 medical procedure
and diagnostic coding system will certainly allow more accurate
reporting for Medicare and other reimbursements.
However, the biggest challenge is that the number of codes will increase from
17,000 codes under ICD-9 to more
than 140,000 codes under ICD-10-CM
Every
healthcare provider should take steps now to prepare to avoid denials and preserve reimbursements!
You Will Learn:
How to identify ICD-10-CM codes.
Challenges & changes under ICD-10-CM.
About examples of increased details required for physician documentation.
Practical tips to assist you in the transition.
Where to access FREE online resources.
Dwan Thomas-Flowers
Dwan Thomas-Flowers serves MAYO Clinic as
the Projects Manager for multiple Revenue Cycle initiatives within the
integrated campus consisting of a 214-bed acute care facility and a
large multi-specialty physician practice.
As the ICD-10 CM/PCS subject matter expert at MAYO she is responsible for implementation of training for ICD-10 across the major group practices at MAYO.
To accomplish this she has prepared and delivered department-specific in-service materials and training at every level.
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