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
