Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert

5 places to master the ins and outs of coding.

You may not be able to google the answer to your latest coding puzzle, but these resources can help you in a pinch:
 
1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site at www.cdc.gov/az.do provides extensive information about most diseases.
 
2. Find the Official ICD-9 Coding Guidelines online at www.ahacentraloffice.com/ahacentraloffice/ pdf_docs/OfficialGuidelines.pdf.
 
3. For information about Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, the American Hospital Association's quarterly journal for coding professionals, go to www.ahaonlinestore.com.
 
4. Access the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee minutes at www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/maint/maint.htm for information about coding changes.
 
5. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provides a number of coding resources. Go to www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn and click on "Provider pages" and "home health" for the newest diagnosis code changes and the latest invalid diagnosis codes.
 
And a free one-hour Web-based training course, "Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-9-CM," is available at www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/icd9code.asp; click on "Web Based Training Modules"and scroll down to "Office Management Information."