Course Details

The Pediatrics, Neonates & Neonatal intensive care unit course is a guide to understand the importance of clinical documentation specificity & diagnostic terms and the impact on the patient Quality of care, It will helps in understanding the common documentation & Coding issues, Assess the coding and diagnostic perspectives when identifying high quality clinical documentation in specific conditions/Disease(s), Common  ICD-10-CM & Common CPT coding overviews in light of the official Coding guidelines. Understand the CDI and Query impact on patient  SOI,ROM,ALOS and DRG weight along with Case studies. 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Understand importance of Clinical Documentation improvement and the Diagnosis Specificity impact on the Patient Quality care
2. Differentiate between Clinical Vs Diagnostic Terms
3. Understand the ICD-10-CM Coding overview & guidelines
4. Assess the coding and diagnostic perspectives when identifying high quality clinical documentation in the following conditions:
   1. Asthma
   2. Abdominal Pain
   3. Bronchitis
   4. Burns
   5. Birth Weight Logic in IR-DRG Reporting
   6. Constipation
   7. Congenital Anomalies
   8. Diabetes
   9. Epilepsy
   10. Feeding Problems
   11. Fever
   12. Gastroenteritis
   13. Hernia
   14. Influenza
   15. Kidney Failure
   16. Lymphoma
   17. Leukemia
   18. Malnutrition
   19. Neonatal Jaundice 
   20. Omphalitis 
   21. Otitis Media
   22. Pneumonia & Pneumonitis
   23. Respiratory Distress Syndrome
   24. Sepsis
   25. Skin Ulcer
   26. Urinary Tract Infection
   27. Umbilical Hemorrhage
5. Assess the coding and diagnostic perspectives when identifying high quality clinical documentation in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)  in the following conditions:
   1. Abnormalities of maturity and growth
   2. Retinopathy of Pre-maturity (ROP)
   3. Respiratory Disorders
   4. Birth Trauma
   5. Hematology and Bleeding Disorders
   6. Invasive infections
   7. Viral infections
   8. Metabolic Disorders
   9. CNS
   10. Cardiac & Circulatory Disorders
   11. Hemolysis and Immunization
6. Be familiar with Common Pediatrics & NICU Procedures & Coding guidelines
7. Understand ICD-10-CM Documentation Requirements for the Procedures
8. Know the Common severity drivers
9. Understand the Examples of IR-DRG and CDI Impact on Severity of illness, Risk of Mortality, Length of stay, Resource Weight and Reimbursements
10. Assess the Case studies