ICD-10 Coding Impact Under PDGM

Understanding the impact of Diagnosis Coding is crucial to your agency's success under PDGM. In this session, we will examine the Clinical Groupings – what is allowed as a Primary Diagnosis, and the importance of accurately capturing comorbidities under PDGM coding. We will define what an unacceptable diagnosis is and discuss the importance of coding specificity. We will review what agencies will have to have for patient referrals, how they can educate their referral sources, physicians and their clinicians.