Billing & Coding Resources

• Haugen Academy - WYPCA and the Haugen Consulting Group have teamed up to bring you series of on-demand webinars focused on improving coding, billing, and documentation practices for Community Health Centers.

  • Digging into Diabetes: Join us as we uncover the difficulties in coding diabetes with complications. In this presentation, we dig into the different types of diabetes, diabetic complications, coding guidelines and conventions associated with this commonly coded condition. Tune in to get the lowdown on ulcers, circulatory conditions, chronic kidney disease, and more! This webinar was originally recorded on April  21, 2022. December 2023 the content was reviewed and validated and the CEUs were refreshed. The AAPC CEU expires on December 31, 2024. The AHIMA CEU and webinar recording expire on January 17, 2025.

  • Substance Abuse and Poisonings, Adverse Effects, and Underdosings: The opioid epidemic and legalization of marijuana are only a couple of elements that have made coding for substance abuse difficult for coders. Beyond the codes for substance use disorder, patients also often present with overdose, which brings poisoning codes into play and recent changes in the perinatal codes have allow for coding newborns affected by maternal use of both therapeutic and illicit drugs. This webinar will take you through the ICD-10-CM coding guidelines and beyond and explore the intricacies of the impact of medications and substances on the coding process. January 2024 this webinar's content was reviewed and validated. The CEU was renewed. This webinar was originally recorded in November 2022. The AAPC CEU expires on December 31, 2024 . The AHIMA CEU and webinar recording expire on January 17, 2025.

  • Breathe Easy: Tips for Successful Pulmonary ICD-10-CM Coding: Some of the most complex coding involves pulmonary and other respiratory conditions. In this webinar, we dive deep into coding for COPD, emphysema, and asthma; discover different strains of influenza and how they are coded differently; explore pneumonia combination codes; and delve into codes for respiratory failure. We also address coding for COVID-19 and give tips for querying to ensure accurate reporting. This webinar was originally recorded on April 21, 2022. The AAPC CEU expires on December 31, 2024. The AHIMA CEU and webinar recording expire on January 17, 2025.

  • Depth Perception: How Deep is that Lesion?: When it comes to coding excision of lesions, determining the depth of the lesion and extent of the repair is the first step in deciding if you will have a CPT code from the Integumentary or Musculoskeletal subsections. In this webinar, we will dissect operative reports and seek out clues to aid in the correct code assignment of excision and repair procedures. This webinar was released on March 21, 2024. The AHIMA CEU expires on February 16, 2025. The AAPC CEU and webinar recording expire on February 28, 2025.

  • Preventing Errors When Assigning AWV and Annual Physical Codes: Preventive visits, Annual physicals, Annual wellness visits, AWVs are all the same thing right? Not so fast. These terms are often used interchangeably when they should not be. A preventive medicine visit and an AWV are very different things. In this webinar we explore the differences in these preventive services, review the requirements for each and review documentation examples to get you on your way to understanding which code should be used. This webinar was released on April 18, 2024. The AHIMA CEU expires on April 18, 2025. The AAPC CEU expires on April 30, 2025. The webinar recording will be available until April 17, 2025.

• Click this link to view the listed webinars: WYPCA Billing & Coding Webinars