Publisher's Synopsis
Prepare for thousands of FY2023 code changes, more PDGM changes and annual coding guidance changes, that you will quickly need to understand in order to assign the correct codes and capture accurate reimbursement. To code claims accurately, you need a resource that is more than just the code set. You need a tool that will guide your code choices - DecisionHealth's Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, 2023.
The Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, 2023, is the only ICD-10 coding manual that's created specifically for home health coders. It contains guidance, tips, definitions and scenarios to help you accurately code your home health claims. You simply won't find a more all-inclusive and user-friendly ICD-10 code book for home health on the market.
DecisionHealth's Coding Manual includes a wide range of features to help ensure accurate coding and compliance, prevent denials and help your agency secure every reimbursement dollar earned. Plus, the 2023 edition includes features that will support your ongoing PDGM training needs.
Exclusive features:
- NEW! FY2023 code updates that will impact home health coding
- NEW! COVID-19 codes and guidance released throughout 2022
- Updated! PDGM payment icons found in the Tabular so you can quickly and easily identify key coding and reimbursement conventions tied to a specific code
- Updated! More than 1,000 tips that include the latest Coding Clinic updates to guide you, raise red flags and help you code correctly to stay in compliance and gain accurate reimbursement
- Updated! More than 100 home health coding scenarios, including ones featuring multiple comorbidities that will help illustrate correct code choice in PDGM for your most complicated claims. Also included are new COVID-19 scenarios, including how to code both suspected and confirmed cases
- Updated! Alerts on codes that are being denied with information on how to properly assign them to avoid having the claim denied
- ICD-10 guidelines embedded in the Tabular at the code level for the most commonly-used home health codes so that you can quickly access the rules you'll need to code accurately
- Illustrations and definitions throughout to help you identify diseases and conditions to enhance coding and critical-thinking skills
- Home health-specific narrative introductions, written in plain-English, at the start of each disease chapter that outline the key coding concepts you'll need to understand to ensure competency. Learn what is covered in each chapter, including sequencing issues, top home care diagnoses and case-mix information
- BONUS: Pre-printed tabs to make it easier to navigate the tabular chapters
