With the ICD-10 go-live date rapidly approaching, hospitals and health systems need to make ICD-10 a priority if they want to avoid costly surprises and setbacks. This is the message from RT Welter & Associates, Inc., which will hold an interactive and hands-on ICD-10 training designed to prepare coders for the AAPC and AHIMA ICD-10 proficiency examinations.

Participants will gain the tools they need to appropriately select ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes. These training sessions will be coder-centric, and the content will be designed for those staff who will be responsible for applying (or verifying) these codes to documentation. Throughout the academy, participants will be given an assortment of scenarios to code to obtain the proficiency they need for coding in ICD-10.

Upcoming Coder Academies will be held March 12-14 in Englewood and June 11-13 in Thornton. Click here to read more information and to register. Colorado ICD-10 Coalition members can receive a $50 discount off the Coder Academy registration fee. Simply print the registration form, write “Colorado ICD-10 Coalition Member” on it and return through the instructions at the top of the form.