Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
INSERVICE EDUCATION:
PREPARE NOW FOR THE 2010 ICD-9 CODES
Published on Thu Jul 23, 2009
Plan today for immediate staff training.
Every year, you tackle hundreds of ICD-9-CM code changes that impact home health providers. Make sure you’re ready for the 2010 changes by October 1, 2009. Coding expert Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, will walk you through the new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes for 2010 during Home Health ICD-9-CM: Get Ready NOW for New and Changed Codes for 2010. Join Adams for this 90- minute audioconference Wed. Aug. 19 at 1 pm ET. Learn more at: www.audioeducator.com/conference-Home-health-ICD-9-CM-codes-changes.
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