Description: Does your heart “flutter” at the thought of coding for electrophysiological (EP) studies? Do you feel yourself having an attack of “tachycardia” when you are trying to determine the correct codes related to AICDs? Or perhaps your heart goes into slo-mo (bradycardia) when you are attempting to code for pacemakers. No worries, OHIMA has you covered. Join your coding colleagues for two presentations that will help alleviate the “pitter-patter” and get you on the pathway to understanding arrhythmias, and correctly assigning ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT codes related to these conditions.

First, Dr. Muhammad Afzal, a specialist in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease will present information on pacemakers, AICDs, and EP studies. He will provide information on these procedures and give insight from the provider perspective. Learn the differences between pacemakers and AICDs and gain a better understanding of what is involved with EP studies.

Next, Maria Ward, a Director of HIM Practice Excellence at AHIMA, will focus on the ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT coding related to these conditions and procedures. She will build on Dr. Afzal’s presentation and illustrate how to approach this coding from the PCS perspective by determining appropriate root operation and approach characters as well as look at the differences when assigning CPT codes.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of OHIMA's 2020 Virtual Conference - March 18, 2020
Duration: 2 hours

Speaker:  Muhammad “Rizwan” Afzal, MD, FACC is a heart rhythm specialist and assistant Professor of Cardiology at the Ohio State university. He graduated from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. He did a post doctoral fellowship at University of Cincinnati followed by Internal medicine training. He did a general cardiology fellowship at University of Kansas and Electrophysiology fellowship at the Ohio State University. He is actively involved in heart rhythm research and published ~ 200 abstracts and more than 80 research papers. Hi research interest include quality improvement and assessment of nascent technology.  

Speaker:  Maria Ward, MEd, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P  is a director of HIM Practice Excellence for AHIMA. In her role she provides professional practice expertise to AHIMA members, the media and outside organizations on coding practice issues. She authors and supports AHIMA online ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT coding education and serves as faculty for AHIMA coding workshops, including ICD-10-CM/PCS Academies and Crack the Codes.  In addition, she is a technical advisor for the Association on ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT coding publications. She also serves as the post-acute care subject matter expert for the Association.

Click here to register for this webinar!

Cost: $50 Members / $70 Non-Members
2 AHIMA CEUs*
Domain: Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC! Check eligibility on the AAPC website.