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WEBINAR SERIES
Presented by DecisionHealth®
Prepare Your Practice for Specialty-Specific ICD-10-CM Code Changes
Keep Your Ortho Practice Ahead of Oct. 1 ICD-10-CM Code Changes
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Get an ortho-focused overview of proposed ICD-10-CM additions, deletions and revisions and how they will influence musculoskeletal coding Oct. 1. After this intensive webinar with coding expert Ruby O’Brochta Woodward, you’ll:
- Find out about key code changes to post-operative complication codes – you won’t be coding post-op hemorrhages and hematomas the same way after Oct. 1
- Learn exactly how new bunion codes differ from hallux valgus. Tip: The code you select could affect payment
- Get guidance on how to navigate the new atypical pathological femoral fracture codes, as well as traumatic foot and ankle fracture codes
- Gain a working understanding of the bilateral extremity nerve disorder codes
- Learn the documentation and code selection requirements for the new periprosthetic fractures around joint implants
- Find out about a new ICD-10 code to help you communicate when an arthroscopic procedure converts to an open surgery
The Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance has approved 1 continuing education unit for this webinar. (ACS or SCP)
Presenter
Ruby O’Brochta Woodward, BSN, CPC, CPMA, COSC, CSFAC, Coding Subject Matter Expert, DecisionHealth
Ruby has contributed to numerous articles for DecisionHealth publications and has presented at both the national and local level on various orthopedic and DME related coding topics. She is currently a coding subject matter expert for DecisionHealth.