Accurate coding under PDGM requires an increased skill set and knowledge of ICD-10 coding guidelines and conventions. With a change in the no-pay RAP requirements, the timing and accuracy of coding plays an increasingly important role. Home Health: Comprehensive Home Health Coding provides a comprehensive overview of home health coding.
Home Health: Comprehensive Home Health Coding
Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE
$295.00
CEUs: 4 4 AHIMA 4 AAPC
Included in eLearning Library. Price per person. Group rates available.Overview
Codes change yearly! We take seriously our obligation to provide you with accurate and up-to-date instruction. This course is updated for the FY 2026 code set.
Accurate coding under patient driven groupings model (PDGM) requires an increased skill set and knowledge of ICD-10 coding guidelines and conventions. With a change in the no-pay Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) requirements, the timing and accuracy of coding plays an increasingly important role.
Home Health: Comprehensive Home Health Coding, by nationally-recognized Home Health coding expert Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE, provides a comprehensive overview of home health coding.
This four‐part series covers:
- Overview of ICD-10-CM code structure and Coding Conventions
- Mastery of Coding Guidelines necessary for proper code assignment and sequencing
- Comprehensive review of Chapter Specific Guidance for coding of primary and secondary diagnoses
- Focused attention on coding challenges coders face
- Test Your Knowledge cases to demonstrate practical learning
Home Health: Comprehensive Home Health Coding provides a comprehensive overview of home health coding.
In-depth review of Official Guidelines for Coding & Reporting including code structure and conventions (Infectious – Neoplasms (A-D codes))
- Certain Infectious & Parasitic Diseases
- Including changes to C-diff, MSRA, VRE, severe sepsis
- COVID Coding Guidelines
- Neoplasm Coding
- Using the neoplasm table acceptably
- Current malignancy versus a personal history
- Adverse effects of chemotherapy
- Practice situational coding exercises, Test Your Knowledge, which includes identification of clinical grouping and comorbidity adjustment
Review of Diagnostic Chapters Endocrine – Circulatory (E-I codes))
- Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
- Understanding the nuances of “type’, “with” and “NEC’ convention
- When to code secondary diabetes
- Diabetic complication sequencing
- Mental, Behavioral & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Dementia & Delirium
- Depression, anxiety, specific BH diagnoses
- Diseases of the Nervous System
- Review of Alzheimer’s coding, other common neuro diagnoses
- Diseases of the Circulatory System
- Sequelae of cerebral infarctions, specificity for types of heart failure & heart disease, Hypertensive disease
- Practice situational coding exercises, Test Your Knowledge, which includes identification of clinical grouping and comorbidity adjustment
Review of Diagnostic Chapters (Respiratory –Genitourinary (J-N codes))
- Diseases of the Respiratory System
- Including proper coding of COPD, emphysema and asthma
- Vaping Coding Guidelines
- Diseases of the Digestive System
- Discussion of specificity, aftercare and complications
- Review of correct ostomy coding
- Diseases of the Skin & Subcutaneous Tissue
- Correct coding of ulcers: pressure, DTI, non-pressure and stasis
- Diseases of Musculoskeletal System & Connective tissue
- Coding arthritis types which impact case mix
- Fracture coding for pathological and traumatic fractures
- Fractures with joint replacements including complications
- Diseases of the Genitourinary System
- CKD stages, hypertensive disease
- Practice situational coding exercises, Test Your Knowledge, which includes identification of clinical grouping and comorbidity adjustment
Review of Diagnostic Chapters (Symptoms – Aftercare (R-T codes))
- Symptoms, Signs & Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings Not Elsewhere Classified
- When to utilize Signs & Symptom coding
- What to do with Return to Provider (RTP) coding
- Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes Coding
- Coding traumatic and surgical wounds
- Utilizing 7th character “A” versus “D”
- Wound complications: dehiscence, post-op wound infection, non-healing surgical wound, cellulitis
- Traumatic fracture coding
- Factors Influencing Health Status & Contact with Health Services
- Aftercare Coding Best Practice
- COVID-19 Coding
- Practice situational coding exercises, Test Your Knowledge, which includes identification of clinical grouping and comorbidity adjustment
The level of effort to complete this course, start to finish, is equivalent to 4 CEUs and should take you approximately 4-12 hours to complete. Remember: You have access to the course materials for the full 16-week enrollment period and we encourage you to re-review any materials that are helpful to you.
AHIMA: 4 CEUs
This program has been approved for continuing education units (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
AAPC: 4 CEUs
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
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- Downloadable and printable “Course Highlights” saves time! This active learning tool assists with mastery of the course content.
- Teaching methods including audio and video files, diagrams, and animations to accommodate different learning styles. Where appropriate, the Merck Manual Professional Version supplements course materials with in-depth descriptions of diagnoses and/or procedures.
- Knowledge checks and/or final assessment ensure mastery of material.
- Online Flexibility! Materials available via secure Learning Management System (LMS). Work at your own pace — save time and travel costs.
- Earn Libman Education Certificate of Completion and CEUs.
- To receive CEU credit, students must achieve a passing rate on the course assessment(s).
- Course is self-paced. For planning purposes, assume 1-3 hours required for each CEU.
- Unlimited course access during enrollment period. For courses offering greater than one CEU, enrollment period is 16 weeks. For courses offering one or fewer CEUs, enrollment period is 4 weeks. Courses purchased as a bundle or package may have a longer enrollment period.
- Extensions to the enrollment period are available.
- Price listed is per person/per course. Group rates available upon request.
Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE
AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM Trainer
Joan is President of JLU Health Record Systems, a leader in Health Information Management and coding solutions. A nationally recognized expert in the field of health information management, Joan has taught coding for over 25 years and has educated over 20,000 people nationwide. She is author of the JLU Rapid Reference Coding Guide, an easy-to-use coding guide in ICD-10 for common home health diagnoses, and author or editor of numerous courses, books and articles on coding, reimbursement methods, clinical documentation improvement, and health record requirements.
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Recommended Resources:
- ICD-10-CM Code Book – 2026 or students may elect to use electronic files
- Medical dictionary
- Anatomy and physiology reference
- Merck Manual
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