2018 ICD-10-CM Coding Update for Urology

Urology ICD-10-CM Coding Updates 2018: What Lies Ahead!

October 1, 2017, will bring new ICD-10-CM codes, which will be immediately effective. A number of new urology ICD-10-CM codes will be introduced. Although small in number, there is no doubt diagnostic coding will be affected by these changes. Join this informative session, where expert speaker Michael A. Ferragamo Jr., MD, FACS, will review the newly proposed changes to urology ICD-10-CM coding for 2017 and 2018 as well as some important older concepts in diagnostic coding so that you may be able to correctly use proper diagnostic codes and avoid claim denials and potential loss of significant revenue.

You will receive tips and corrective measures to ensure correct diagnostic codes for various clinical scenarios. You will be provided with informative charts and tables to aid in understanding both past and new processes of diagnostic coding. New added codes, deletions of older codes, and revision of codes for October 1, 2017, and 2018 will be provided to allow easy access to this important information needed for this year and the next year.

Session Highlights

• A review of new, deleted, and revised ICD-10 codes effective October 1, 2017
• Get a list of up to seven code revisions
• Immediate steps needed to remain compliant with ICD-10 for another year
• Review of excludes 1 and excludes 2 diagnostic codes
• When to use the seventh character in new ICD-10 codes
• New anatomical location codes for undescended testicles
• Correct corresponding ICD-10 codes for specific clinical scenarios
• When to use unspecified ICD-10 codes

Session Agenda

• Fiscal year 2017 ICD-10 code set
• 2017/2018 recommendations
• Unspecified ICD-10 codes often used in urology
• ICD-10-CM confusing terminology
• ICD-10-CM neoplasms of uncertain behavior
• 2017 New ICD-10-CM neoplasms of unspecified behavior
• Prepare for the future with ICD-10
• ICD-10-CM population health diagnostic codes
• Reporting additional diagnoses to complete a patient’s medical history
• ICD-10-CM coding tips
• Associated signs/symptoms choosing a code
• 2017/18 clinical scenarios
• ICD-10-CM coding update miscellaneous codes

Who Should Attend

• Urologists
• Non-physician providers
• PA's
• NP's
• Coders and billers
• Any office staff dealing with ICD-10 diagnoses

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