Risk Adjustment and ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ with Diabetes

The goal of this session is to enhance your knowledge of the importance of accurate and complete documentation requirements for the ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding of the patient’s presented conditions with thorough evidence and chart review. There will be discussions on CMS-HCC risk adjustment coding and best practices for coding and documentation as it pertains to assessing conditions that fall into the CMS-HCC categories. As a reminder, CMS regulations require providers to document and code to the highest level of specificity for risk adjustment-eligible conditions and diagnoses Common Complications of Diabetes

• Cataract
• Nephropathy | Chronic kidney disease
• Neuropathy
• Peripheral Angiopathy
• Retinopathy