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Pressure ulcers, diabetes, and more: ICD-9 changes hit home health agencies with a bang.
Now more than ever under the PPS changes, diagnosis coding drives home health reimbursement. Hundreds of new ICD-9 codes take effect Oct. 1, and many of them affect home health agencies. Not only that, but you no longer have a grace period to transition; you must be ready to use these codes on Oct. 1, 2008. Prepare now to avoid cash flow delays!
Make sure you're ready to roll by tuning in to this audioconference with expert speaker Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C. In 90 minutes, she'll review of the new, revised and deleted ICD-9-CM codes for 2009, provide insights into the reasons for the changes and sent you away more prepared to face the Oct. 1 deadline.
Here’s a sampling of the details you’ll learn:
- An overview of new and revised ICD-9 codes for 2009: Changes most likely to impact home health services.
- There's a new way to categorize pressure ulcers. Discover more about these stage-oriented codes.
- Secondary diabetes codes have a new category. Learn how to keep your sequencing accurate.
- Which of the new and changed ICD-9 codes are likely to be case mix codes -- and earn additional payment under Medicare PPS.
- Don't get too attached to your old ICD-9 book: Codes that will become invalid as of 10/1/08.
Who should attend? Coders, clinicians, supervisors, quality improvement coordinators and all others who have a role in identifying diagnosis codes for home health claims.
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Judy Adams is President and CEO of Adams Home Care Consulting, Inc. and provides clinical and operational consultation and education services to home care, home health and hospice organizations. She has 30 years of experience as a nurse executive and consultant. Her nursing experience includes educational, supervisory, administrative and staff positions in a variety of institutional and community health settings. Judy held numerous positions with two large home care agencies, including the management of a successful home care, private duty and supplemental staffing division as well as Quality Improvement Director, responsible for JCAHO preparation in a multi-branch organization. For over eight years, she worked as the special projects coordinator for the North Carolina Association for Home Care. She has also served as a consultant affiliated with several different consultation firms for more than 15 years.
Judy earned her degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also has a certification as a Homecare Coding Specialist – Diagnosis (HCS-D), from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and a certificate as a OASIS Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) from the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board. As an active member of the North Carolina Association for Home Care, she serves on the Liaison Committee to the NC Division of Facility Services. She is also a member of the Advisory Panel to the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Judy co-authored a chapter on home care in “The Law and the Elderly in North Carolina,” and she has contributed to numerous educational manuals, videos and newsletters on a variety of home care topics. She is also the recipient of the Ellen B. Winston Award for Outstanding Contribution to Home Health in North Carolina.
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