Description: Since the Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS is the official publication for ICD-10-CM/PCS coding guidelines and advice as unanimously designated by the four cooperating parties (including AHIMA and CMS), everyone (including physicians, coders, and their CDI advocates) involved in the joint effort to attain consistent and complete documentation essential to ICD-10-CM/PCS coding must embrace their directives as to ensure coding and billing compliance. Join Dr. Kennedy as he unpacks and explains recent Coding Clinic advice and challenges affecting provider documentation and coding requirements affecting inpatient and outpatient practice, reimbursement, and quality measurement. Topics will focus on the most recent advice available on the day of the lecture.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of IHIMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibit – April 2024 

Duration: 1 hour

Speaker: James S. Kennedy, MD is the founder and President of CDIMD, a Nashville-based physician and facility advisory and consulting firm that advocates ICD-10-pertinent clinical documentation and coding integrity essential to healthcare revenue cycles and quality measurement. As a coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) expert with over 20 years of experience and as a frequent speaker to medical staff, Health Information Management (HIM) and CDI associations, Dr. Kennedy is nationally recognized for his subject matter expertise, communication skills, and problem-solving approach. He has been designated as a Certified Coding Specialist and Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner by the American Health Information Management Association and as a Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist by ACDIS. Dr. Kennedy authored AHIMA's book on MS-DRGs in 2006-2007 (now out of print), contributed significantly to the American Medical Association's text on HCC risk adjustment, and has previously on the advisory board of the American Clinical Documentation Improvement Society (ACDIS).

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Cost: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

1 AHIMA CEU*

Domain IV: Revenue Cycle Management

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC. Check eligibility on the AAPC website.