2023 Gastroenterology Reimbursement and Coding Update (On-Demand) | November 2022-2023 ICD-10 and Risk Adjustment Updates

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Video Summary

In this video, the presenter discusses updates on ICD-10 codes and risk adjustment. They highlight the importance of diagnosis codes and guidelines in claim submissions. The video covers topics such as ICD-10 guidelines, coding to support medical necessity, nonspecific diagnosis codes to avoid, coding for personal histories versus current conditions, Z codes, risk adjustment, and documentation for risk adjustment. The presenter provides examples of different diagnosis codes and how they should be used in specific scenarios. They also mention the importance of documenting comorbidities and risk factors to support higher levels of services and risk adjustment. The video concludes with a discussion on the impact of risk adjustment on reimbursement and provides examples of high-risk adjusted diagnosis codes. Credits for this video were not specified.

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Kristin Vaughn, CPC, QMC, QMGC, CPMA, ICDCT-CM

Keywords

ICD-10 codes

risk adjustment

diagnosis codes

claim submissions

ICD-10 guidelines

nonspecific diagnosis codes

Z codes