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Indiana Wesleyan University
2530 Sir Barton Way
Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40509
TownePlace Suites / $109
1790 Vendor Way
Lexington, KY 40509
859-263-0018
EXTENDED CUTOFF UNTIL August 10th
Annette Gervais
Kentucky Home Care Association
859-268-2574
annette@khca.net
There are 435 code changes effective October 1, 2018 with 247 new codes 137 revised codes and 49 codes invalidated based on the April 24th proposed hospital inpatient prospective payment rule. These changes affect nearly every chapter in the coding manual with particular emphasis on 45 new neoplasm codes, diseases of the eye an adnexa, injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external cause, diseases of the digestive system, 8 new codes in the nervous system, expanded cerebral infarction codes, diseases of the genitourinary systems, more myalgia codes, revisions in the musculoskeletal chapter, signs/symptoms & abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, and factors influencing health status and contact with health services. Home care coders will certainly want to learn about the invalidation of the current T81.4xxD and T81.4xxS codes for post-procedural infections and the 15 new codes proposed for post-procedural infections and three new codes for post-procedural sepsis to name just a few of the changes.
In addition to 14 CE nursing credits, the program will also provide 12 contact hours of HCS-D CEUs Plus, attendees have an opportunity to network with other coders and old friends working with ICD-10-CM coding for home care situations within KY.
Register Now! KHCA Member $199
KHCA Non-Member $299
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TAKE THE EXAM! August 23rd
Where is the exam?
Indiana Wesleyan University • 2590 Sir Barton Way, Suite 200 • Lexington, KY
Click to download the Exam Registration Form
How long is the exam?
oin us for this two-day intermediate Coding Workshop that combines updated information on recent Coding Clinic Guidance, overview of the new and changed codes effective October 1, 2018 with an opportunity to fine tune your coding skills on a variety of home health and hospice coding scenarios and an opportunity to get answers to coding challenges
Judy Adams is President and Owner of Adams Home Care Consulting, Inc. founded in 2009 and provides clinical and operational consultation and education services to home care, home health and hospice organizations.
Experience in serving clients
Judy offers over 35 years of experience as a nurse executive and consultant. Her nursing experience includes educational, supervisory, administrative and staff positions in a variety of institutional and community health settings.
Technical expertise
Judy’s experiences include working closely with regulators, third-party payers, occupational licensing boards and home care providers on numerous issues involving health and social supportive services in the home and community settings.
For the past 30+ years, Judy has provided a variety of educational, operational and clinical consultative services to large and small home care and hospice organizations in several states in the eastern half of the United States and taught hundreds of teleconferences and day-long workshops on diagnosis coding, OASIS, home health prospective payment system, coverage and documentation, and a variety of other clinical and regulatory home care topics for individual agencies, state associations and national organizations.
Educational/professional involvement
Judy earned her degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been certified as a Homecare Coding Specialist – Diagnosis (HCS-D) since 2003 and a Home Care Clinical Specialist – OASIS (HCS-O) since March 2011 from the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and Compliance She also held the COS-C certification in OASIS from 2006-2012 and became an AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM Trainer in June 2012. Judy regularly contributes to numerous educational manuals, videos and newsletters on a variety of home health and hospice topics.