NEXT EPISODE
New Code W44: The Ins and Outs of New Foreign Bodies
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
10-10:30 a.m. EST; 7-7:30 a.m. PST
Program 591
SPECIAL GUEST
Gina Yacovelli,
DHSc, CCS-P, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPB
Coding & Billing Solutions
ALSO FEATURING
Tiffany Ferguson,
LMSW, CMAC, ACM; Laurie M. Johnson,MS, RHIA, FAHIMA, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer; Timothy Powell, CPA; Erica Remer, MD, CCDS
In a move towards greater specificity, the nation’s healthcare providers have a new ICD-10-CM code category: Code W44.
Having gone into effect October 2023, the new code category (foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice) is seen as enhancing specificity, although Code W45 had already existed for foreign bodies entering through the skin.
During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Gina Yacovelli, DHSc, associated with Coding & Billing Solutions, will report on how and why pediatricians are the most likely provider group to benefit from the increased detail, while noting that the greater level of specificity will be helpful to all providers when such encounters arise.
The live broadcast will also feature these other recognizable segments:
• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the latest coding news.
• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the social determinants of health (SDoH).
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.
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