ICD-10 Coding – What Your Practice Needs to Know

Course Description:

Accurate and compliant ICD-10 coding is essential for proper documentation, reimbursement, and patient care.  With the increased use of AI by insurance companies, your diagnosis establishes the allotted care, signals red flags, and may ultimately lead to recoupment if not used properly.  It is crucial to update your codes and policy guidelines to avoid delays or denials in reimbursement.  Learn how to select the most specific and appropriate diagnosis codes, avoid common coding errors, and link diagnoses effectively to medical necessity. 

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the rules of coding relevant to the chiropractic practice.
2. Differentiate between specific and nonspecific diagnosis codes and apply the most accurate codes based on clinical documentation.
3. Interpret documentation requirements necessary to support the selection of primary and secondary diagnoses for medical necessity.
4. Recognize common code combinations that lead to claim denials. Compliance risks, or payer audits.
5. Demonstrate the ability to properly link ICD-10 diagnosis codes to CPT procedure codes to ensure accurate billing and reimbursement.
6. Integrate ICD-10 coding principles into daily chiropractic documentation to describe the patient’s condition in all phases of care

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