| JustCoding's 2017 ICD-10-PCS Code Updates Presented on:
Thursday, August 25 2016
1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presented By:
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer
CMS has released thousands of new ICD-10-PCS codes to be activated October 1, 2016, as part of the 2017 IPPS proposed rule. This is the first major change in five years, since the 2011 code freeze.
The updated ICD-10-PCS will contain 3,701 more codes, bringing the total number to 75,625, while additional codes will be revised or deleted. The ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting will also be updated with new guidance, including the addition of the root operation Perfusion.
During this program, our expert speaker Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, will help you sift through the significant coding and guideline changes that may impact your facility.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: - Identify new and revised code descriptions for the 2017 ICD-10-PCS code set
- Use this information to support ongoing clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs
- Examine the impact of the changes to the 2017 ICD-10-PCS code set
- Better understand updates made to the ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines
- Describe new, revised, and deleted code descriptions
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