The Impact of the 2012 Changes on Home
Health Coding
Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, HCS-O, COS-C
The influence of ICD-10 continues to be seen
in the changes to ICD-9-CM codes. All of the
new and changed codes for this year provide
greater specificity. This 90- minute webinar
will not only review the codes most likely to
impact home health care of the nearly 200 new
and changed codes, but also identify the codes
that have received case mix designation for
2012, and review the changes in the ICD-9-CM
Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
that became effective 10/1/11. The program will
enable the attendee to determine if you are
using the new and changed codes to your
advantage as well as have an opportunity to
practice application of new codes and ask
questions about coding issues.
Objectives:
1. Identify which of the 40 new
skin cancer codes provide case mix points for
both the Home Health Resource Group and
Non-routine supplies.
2. Describe the proper
code sequencing for removal of a joint
prosthesis in a variety of situations –
replacement of the joint, treatment of an
active infection and use of a space between
surgeries.
3. Correctly select and apply new
codes in a variety of scenarios.
4.
Describe the impact of updates in the Official
Coding Guidelines related to complications and
late effects.
