7th Annual Home Health Coding Summit: Session descriptions
Main Conference Day 2: Start the ascentAugust 12, 2009 |
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| 7:00 – 8:30am | Refreshments |
| 8:30 – 9:30am |
Tread wisely: Therapy’s impact on the clinical world The number of therapy visits can directly affect the severity of your nursing score and, as a result, your revenue. Find out the best way to code therapy-only cases and what influence therapy has on other aspects of care. When you return home, show your patient care director that you know what you need to document on the POC. |
9:30 – 10:15am |
Avoid getting disoriented: Deciphering complication and late-effect coding Late effects have four sequencing scenarios and exceptions. Complications have multiple sets of codes. Learn the similarities, differences and what qualifies as late-effect or complication coding, then apply your knowledge with correct coding and sequencing. |
| 10:15 – 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30am | Going in circles: Stop using the same circulatory and respiratory codes Learn to think about how the disease process of these often-coded ailments impacts code choices. Learn to navigate the five categories of hypertension, combination coding and heart failure (is 428.0 really the only code?), and how to code the “umbrella” of COPD, especially with chronic pulmonary problems. |
| 11:30am – 12:15pm | Above the tree line: Audit me…please! Discover the tools your agency already has on hand that can be used to create an internal audit program to ensure that your agency is coding correctly. |
| 12:15 – 1:45pm | Interactive break and lunch |
Determine your course: Focus on the path ahead |
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| 1:45 – 4:30pm | Ascent 1: Extracting codes from documentation The clues to correct coding can be found in the documentation and assessment information. Submit your biggest coding challenge prior to the conference, and go through it with experts and your peers during this session, including infection coding and MRSA. |
| 1:45 – 4:30pm | Ascent 2: Interactive coding Multiple V codes, combination coding, infection, MRSA and more. Work side-by-side with experts on shorter scenarios, so you too can quickly extract information that will help you code and sequence to maximum benefit. Submit your coding challenge |
