AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM

Event Type: Meeting
HIM Domain: Coding Classification and Reimbursement
Continuing Education Units Available: 16
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Mid America Club
Faculty:

Therese (Teri) Jorwic, MPH, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, Assistant Professor in Health Information Management, University of Illinois at Chicago/Product Specialist with MC Strategies

Lou Ann Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, Manager of Clinical Data Center for Health Information Services of Advocate Health Care

Margaret Skurka, MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA, Professor and Director of the Health Information Management (HIM), Indiana University Northwest in Gary

Marie Conde, MPA, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA, Program Director and Instructor of the Health Information Technology Program, City College of San Francisco

Experience a dynamic training program that teaches coding professionals how to become proficient in the ICD-10-CM coding system while preparing them to train other coding professionals in this system. Please note that stand alone ICD-10-PCS programs are not offered separately. Students interested in learning diagnosis and procedure coding should register for ICD-10-CM/PCS: Building Expert Trainers in Diagnosis and Procedure Coding.

The AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM begins with a self-paced online course (completion required prior to in-person training), and continues with two days of in-person training. The online course provides basic training in the ICD-10-CM code sets, and is conducted on AHIMA’s remote Web-based Distance Education Campus. At the in-person workshop, trainers will focus on in-class intermediate and advanced ICD-10-CM coding exercises while modeling training techniques. After successful completion of both the online and in-person training portions, attendees may complete an assessment in order to earn an AHIMA ICD-10-CM Trainer Certificate.

PLEASE NOTE: As coding sets and guidelines evolve over time, trainers will be required to renew their certificates in order to maintain AHIMA approval as an ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer. Therefore, trainer certificates are granted in a time-limited manner with an option to renew for a $199.00 fee. Certificates earned from October 2012 to September 2013 are valid until June 30, 2014.

View 2013 ICD-10-CM/PCS Academy Agenda

Program

Recommended experience for students of the Academy are as follows:

• Three years of direct experience assigning ICD-9-CM codes, AND
• One year of training experience or two semesters of teaching experience in an academic setting

Training Modules

The AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM Trainers consists of the following components:

Part 1: Online (web-based, self-paced)training:

• ICD-10-CM introductory course entitled “ICD-10-CM Overview—Deciphering the Code”

*Click on links for course details only. Do not register for the online training courses via these links—the courses are included as part of the registration fee for the AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainers.

Part 2: Face-to-face workshop:

• Two days of training on ICD-10-CM coding, practicing with various types of cases

Instructional Materials

Integrated throughout the workshop are instructional techniques and tips directed at effectively teaching the material to others. Attendees of the Academy will receive all the materials needed to learn ICD-10-CM/PCS and to then go out and teach it, including:

• ICD-10-CM Coder Training Manuals
  Separate manuals for ICD-10 CM include intermediate and advanced coding exercises. These coding exercises will emphasize all aspects of the two coding classification systems in addition to coding conventions and guidelines. Provided on site, these are your workbooks for the sessions.
• Instructor Guides 
  The Instructor Guides will include an agenda, lectures (PowerPoint presentations) and assessments for each chapter in the ICD-10-CM Trainer Manuals. Teaching tips will be embedded throughout the guide providing additional information for the trainers. An additional section providing information regarding the different learning styles and effective communication skills will also be included. Note: Instructor guides will be shipped to participants following completion of the academy. On your invoice, they will show as back ordered. Following your completion of the academy you will receive an email indicating the books have shipped.
• ICD-10-CM Code Books
  The code books will be used during the workshop to practice coding cases in both ICD-10-CM. Provided on site, these are your reference books for the sessions.