ICD-10-CM Expert for Home Health Services and Hospices 2015

This 2015 ICD-10-CM Expert Home Health Services and Hospices with our hallmark features and content is designed specifically to address the challenges faced by home health agencies with hospice services using the new ICD-10-CM coding and reimbursement system. Use the code book that contains the latest official government version of the ICD-10-CM code set, plus the familiar Optum coding and reimbursement alerts you have come to rely upon in your ICD-9-CM code books.

Key Features and Benefits:

The 2015 ICD-10-CM Expert for Home Health and Hospices edition includes:

Optum Edge Exclusive This symbol (designed and used exclusively by Optum) alerts the coder to a new ICD-10-CM convention the use of a placeholder X .

Optum Edge Key Word. Green font is used to differentiate key words that appear in similar code descriptions in a given category.

Optum Edge Color-coding and symbols specific to the home health PPS edits. Quickly identify coding and reimbursement issues specific to home health for improved coding accuracy and work efficiency.

Optum Edge Color-coding for hospice non-cancer diagnosis codes. Know at a glance which diagnosis codes qualify a non-cancer patient for hospice care.

Optum Edge Exclusive Following references and Check additional character symbol in the indexes The Following references help coders locate those alphanumeric codes that are out of sequence in the tabular

Optum Edge Additional character required symbols. Know when an additional character is required for code specificity and validity to avoid invalid code submissions (provided in Index and Tabular Section).

Optum Edge Highlighted coding instructional and informational notes. Recognize important code usage guidance for specific sections more easily with highlighted notes.

Optum Edge Unspecified and Other code alerts. Find official coding guidance that suggests home health agencies avoid using diagnoses that are unspecified or vague.

Notations for diagnoses that group to clinical dimension. Expedite identification of diagnoses that group a patient to expanded clinical dimensions case mix groups to ensure appropriate reimbursement.

Non-Routine Supply (NRS) diagnosis alert. Every condition that may qualify to receive non-routine supply reimbursement adjustment is identified.

Manifestation code alert. Properly use codes that represent manifestations of underlying disease by knowing when two codes are required and by knowing alerts to sequencing rules.

Optum Edge Illustrations featuring anatomy and terminology included in the ICD-10-CM classification system.

Optum Edge Official index. Navigate through the official index to the tabular section and external causes using our exclusive shade guides to easily identify subterm levels under main terms.

Table of Drugs and Chemicals and Neoplasm Table Updated tables within ICD-10-CM with shaded columns and check additional character symbols.

Optum Edge Hallmark page design and features. Ease into the new classification system using intuitive visual alerts to highlight code groupings as well as the distinctions between code choices plus, added features that make finding specific sections easier.

HIPAA compliance. Comply with HIPAA transaction and code set requirements to avoid delayed or denied claims and costly fines for violations.