Hospice Coding Update - 2016 is a webinar that covers topics such as:
- Overview of required key concepts within the Official Coding Guidelines applicable to coding neoplasms and non-cancer hospice diagnosis coding
- Review of key requirements in Hospice regulatory and reimbursement official sources related to accurate, complete, and compliant diagnosis coding for hospice patients, including the role of the Local Coverage Determination policies
- Outline of the necessary considerations and steps all health care agencies, including Hospices, must take to ensure on-going operations within the agency during the transition to ICD-10
- High-level overview of differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 CM coding systems
- Comparative coding in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM for some limited hospice diagnoses
Hospice Coding Update - 2016 is intended for Hospice administrative personnel such as:
- Supervisors
- Clinical directors
- Quality, educational, compliance staff
- Patient care coordinators and team leaders
- Clinical, clerical and coding staff
