what’s in your coding toolbox?• icd-10-cm • icd-10-pcs • cpt • hcpcs what's in your...

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What’s In Your Coding Toolbox?Cynthia Richardson, CCSRose M Garcia, COC

Tool:• An item or implement used for a specific purpose. • A device used to carry out a particular function.

What's In Your Coding Toolbox?

Basic Toolbox• Hammer• Screwdriver• Pliers• Pencil• Tape Measure• Utility Knife


What’s In Your Coding Toolbox? October 22, 2016

Coding Fiesta 2016 Cynthia Richardson, CCS Rose M Garcia, COC

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Basic Coding Toolbox• ICD-10-CM• ICD-10-PCS• CPT• HCPCS


Old School References


Additional Tools• CDR• Google- majority• AAPC• Bing




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Additional Resources




Specific References: Example OB



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FELLOW CODERS, OUR BEST RESOURCE• Barbara said this is her

most used coding tool!Her coworker who helps her everyday.


• “My biggest resource I use are the Lead Coders.


• Andy said “I can always bounce questions off Andrea. She is the best at explaining things. I wouldn’t be the coder I am today without her!

More Tools to Help• CPT Assistant

• Coding Clinics

• Coding Guidelines




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Other Tools• Codapedia- Forums,

Education


CEU's Free or Close to It!


AAPC- Chapter Meetings

A&E Audio Educator.com

Codebusters




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Code Busters


Our friend Google





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Education-


Inpatient coders find this to be an excellent resource-

“I use it to help determine things like meeting respiratory failure guidelines and kidney failure, etc…

“For validating an IP diagnosis, I like the CDI Pocket Guide”

http://hcmarketplace.com/the-2016-cdi-pocket-guide




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More Education


www.who.orgHelpful information on ICD-10Visit the site for a quick view

CMS- Many videos, lots of education & training

AMCI- Absolute Medical Coding Solutions- webinars on YouTube





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Codapedia- http://www.codapedia.comCodebusters- http://www.codebusters.com

E/M University- http://www.emuniversity.comLibman Education- http://www.libmaneducation.com

Hitnots- http://hitnots.comWorld Health Organization- http://www.int.en

Ritecode- http://ritecode.comCMS- https://www.cms.gov

SuperCoder- https://www.supercoder.comCCO- http://www.cco.usCDC- http://www.cdc.gov

Availity-https://www.availity.com



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Coder software/encoders:

• 3m

• Athenahealth

• Encoder Pro• WinStrat

Advantages-

• Guidelines easy to search

• Dorland’s Medical Dictionary

• Coding Clinics

• CPT Assist

• Merck

• CDR

Faye Brown Coding Handbook

Drug Reference

Anatomy




Benefit- LCD



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So are there any references or tools you use regularly, that we haven’t talked about?

What about websites that offer free or inexpensive CEU’s? Besides your local chapter meetings!

How do you organize all these tools you have? Because the purpose of having these tools is to be able to use them again!

Which are you, a techie, or not? An absolutely great tool is OneNote, do you know much about it? Well Cyndi is going to help us understand how to take advantage of OneNote!

OneNote


• Probably Heard of or Already use One Note?

• Inspire Everyone to use OneNote

• It could be an addition to your Coding Toolbox

• Instead of printing your notes, emails, directivesMake them all Virtual!!!

It’s Easy as ……..1..2..3...1. Sign on to OneNote ……2. Create an Account with your email

3. Make a virtual Note Book



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IMPORTANT things to knowabout OneNote:

*A Microsoft product that comes with Microsoft Office *Word *Excel *PowerPoint *Outlook

*Works best from your Computer/Laptop with theMicrosoft Office Software

*Sends right from Email to OneNote withMicrosoft Outlook

*User friendly with guided Tutorials on Set Up, any questions…or issues.


*A view of how OneNote looks when you connect via Window’s Outlook

*Important to be signed inSo you can sync your Notebooks

*Not everyone uses OutlookAs an email Server

*If you don’t….that’s whereThe OneNote.com comesIn to play. I’ll show you thatIn a few slides.


*This is how it looks from Microsoft Outlook(your E-Mail)

* Benefit from having with OneNote



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OR you can Sign on to OneNote via Internet

*Free Access

*No need for a subscription to Microsoft Office

*This is how I use my OneNotewhen I am Remote

What if you don’t have MS Office?

*OneNote looks different onEach Device

Take it with you and Access your NoteBooks from:

• Phone• iPad/Tablet• Lap Top• Computer

• Via OneDrive




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Create as many*Notebooks*Sections*Pages

As you need

What?• Meeting Notes• Lists• Email’s• PassWords


One Note at Work

FOR:

• Directives

• Various Work Q’s

• Audits





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This is how it looks when you sign on viaOneNote.com



ER NoteBook



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One Note at Home

New Ideas, Tax Info, Events……



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One Step at a Time….start out Small

It’s a Process….Stick with it

It took me a few Years to gather and organize all of my NoteBooks

I’m Still learning Today

• Cynthia Richardson• [email protected]

• Rose M Garcia• [email protected]




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