Intensive, hands-on healthcare coding,
Medicare billing and compliance training
courses offered nationwide

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Clinical Documentation Improvement Boot Camp

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate the workings of the inpatient prospective payment system and how it relates to the role of the CDI specialist
Demonstrate how specific and accurate documentation affects hospital payment and quality initiatives
Build ICD-9-CM coding knowledge
Apply critical Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM guidelines to documentation and query scenarios
Strengthen clinical skill sets and medical record recognition
Develop techniques for detailed medical record review, including assessing undocumented diagnoses based on clinical indicators
Implement a step-by-step process for a thorough medical record review
Teach physicians the value of improved documentation and how it affects their individual profiles and E/M payments
Develop effective verbal and written physician query techniques
Incorporate compliance initiatives, including the Recovery Audit Contractor program and Office of the Inspector General, into the CDI process
Demonstrate the key metrics for determining the progress of a CDI program, individual CDI specialists, and participating physicians