PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

Our Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines apply to both outpatient and inpatient settings. It is crucial for every coding professional to know every guideline and convention and also understand which rules apply to outpatient versus inpatient. Quality coding is essential to ensure your organization’s overall accuracy and compliance with regulatory directives.

Join us at this webinar as we learn the differences and similarities between outpatient and inpatient coding. Together, we will review documentation requirements and identify common coding errors for both patient settings. We will practice coding challenging outpatient and inpatient case scenarios and learn which guideline applies to each setting.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

The goals and objectives of this webinar are to:

• Compare outpatient and inpatient coding and reporting guidelines


• Review outpatient and inpatient coding references and resources


• Identify best practices on compliant coding and quality documentation


• Identify common outpatient and inpatient coding errors


• Practice coding outpatient and inpatient cases

PROGRAM AGENDA AND HIGHLIGHTS:

• Introduction


• Disclaimer


• Inpatient and Outpatient Coding Guidelines Refresher


• Differences and Similarities


• Documentation Best Practices


• Case Scenario Coding Practice


• Summary

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

HIM Coding Directors, Managers, Supervisors; Hospital Coding Staff; Clinical Documentation Improvement Management and Staff; Reimbursement Specialists; Coding Compliance Management and Staff; Auditors and Educators