Be sure to check the calendar for upcoming WVHIMA Coding Roundtables!

WVHIMA Coding Quality Advisory Committee is pleased to offer a complimentary audio seminar to our members, Coding for Excisional and Non-excisional Debridements. 

With the increasing audits of from Medicare RAC program and other payers, it is important that coders understand the differences of excisional versus non-excisional debridement. 

This seminar will define procedure terms, outline strategies to improve clinical documentation practices, identify relevant ICD-9-CM procedure coding guidelines and Medicare RAC findings as well as AHA Coding Clinic references to accurately report excisional debridement and implement best coding and compliance practices.

This broadcast offers two (2) AHIMA approved continuing education credits.

Web Replay- Coding for Excisional versus Non-Excisional Debridement
Broadcast on Thursday, March 04, 2010

Following is the link for the seminar replay:
www.vcall.com/replay then enter your name and e-mail address and the
replay # 2146004914 , to view the archive.

This seminar uses Internet streaming audio, which requires Flash Player – you can download Flash Player at: (note long link please be sure to copy all to your browser) http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi/ 

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Following is the link to the resource materials for this seminar:
http://campus.ahima.org/audio/2010seminars.html to download the seminar Resource Materials. The seminar Sign-in and Evaluation are also on this page; complete the electronic sign-in form to validate your CEUs and the evaluation in order to print or save your CE Certificate.

The PASSWORD to open your resource materials is: board549

The resource materials are in PDF format so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not available, it is a free download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html