The educational topics presented during the November 2016 Q&A Webinar included GYN Surgeries & Billing; Global OB Billing; Complicating Labor Delivery Coding; Coding for Diabetes, Gangrene and Osteomyelitis; Place of Injury Diagnosis Coding; Wellness Exam vs. Preventative Exam; Best Practices – Baby Visits & OBGYN Services; and “What Dx Code Should Be Used for Well Child Visits on Patients ages 18 and Under?”. Also discussed were some of CCO’s offerings such as the “What’s Changing in CPT & ICD-10-CM for 2017”, a purchasable live webinar which will also be recorded for later viewing, as well as the Risk Adjustment Coder Bundle which includes everything you need to get into risk adjustment to prepare for the CRC credentialing exam. If you need presentations for your local AAPC chapter, CCO can help! CCO offers remote presentations, and this was also briefly discussed during the webinar. Laureen Jandroep, CPC, CPC-I, COC, CMSCS, CHCI, CPPM, also reminded attendees about her “Facebook Live” called “Live with Laureen” which views Tuesdays at about 10 a.m. Eastern time and “Did You Know CCO” which Chandra Stephenson presents on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Eastern. Attendees’ questions on various coding topics were answered. Educational topics were presented by Jo-Anne Sheehan, CPC, CPC-I, CPPM; Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC; and Chandra Stephenson, CPC, CIC, COC, CPB, CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CCS, CANPC, CCC, CEMC, CFPC, CGSC, CIMC, COBGC, COSC.

1. Certification Coaching
Q & A Webinar
November 2016

2. From the Medical
Coding CommunityQ&A November 2016
Hear and See Us Okay? Yes: Type #1 in Questions Box | No: Type #2 (leave and log back in)
Jo-Anne Sheehan, CPC, CPB, COC,
CPC-I, CPPM
CCO Sr. Instructor / Coach
Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC
CCO Education Director
Laureen Jandroep, CPC, CPC-I, COC,
CMSCS, CHCI, CPPM
CCO Founder and CEO
Chandra Stephenson, CPC, CIC, COC, CPB,
CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CCS, CANPC, CCC,
CEMC, CFPC, CGSC, CIMC, COBGC, COSC
CCO Program Director

3. WELCOME!
First Time?
Overview:
General webinar about all things
medical business certification and
medical coding, billing & practice management
related.
Welcome to the CCO Community!
- We can’t hear you ;)
- You can type a question in the chat:
we will ATTEMPT to answer during the webinar BUT it’s not easy…
- Stay to the end for free giveaway and CEU’s

4. First Webinar With Us?
Poll
How many
CCO webinars
have you attended?

5. November 2016 | Q & A Webinar Agenda: 90-120 min
II: Q&A from the CCO Community
I: Introduction CCO News and Updates
JoAnne Sheehan:
*GYN Surgeries and Billing
*Global OB Billing
Alicia Scott:
*Complicating Labor and Delivery Diagnostic Coding
*Coding for Diabetes, Gangrene and Osteomyelitis
Chandra Stephensen:
*Place of Injury Diagnosis Coding
*What is the Difference in Wellness Exam and Preventative
Exam?
*Best Practices - Baby Visits
Laureen Jandroep:
*Explain EM 3 of 3 vs. 2 of 3

6. This Month’s Q & A Webinar Agenda: 90-120 min
IV: Your Questions in the Chat
III: Close - @ 90 min-’ish’
● Wrapup
● Drawing
● CEU Certificate Download Link
Ask Along the way in the
Questions box.
NOTE: We can’t answer
every question.
IV: Your Questions in the Chat
Ask Along the way in the
Questions box.
NOTE: We can’t answer every
question.
If your question isn’t selected,
post it on our forum where
fellow coders can help:
www.cco.us/topic-request

7. Why Stay To The End?
Giveaway!
Free Drawing of Your Choice of 1 of the following:
Blitz Video Package | 2 CEU Webinars | 1 Hour Session with Laureen or Alicia
and...
Your AAPC CEU link for 1.5 CEUs
(a change tonight)

8. 1.5 CEU’s | CCO Monthly Q&A Webinar
Don’t need CEU’s?
Continue to attend the CCO webinar for free!
*CEU Link at the end of the webinar (+/- 90 min)

9. CCO Graduates November 2016 Update

10. CONGRATS! CPC Exam Passers
Recent Exam Passers!
Kasey Simmons CPC 10/15/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz
Stacy Long CPC 10/15/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Course (PBC),
CPC Blitz, Practice
Exams
Amy Merk CPC 10/15/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CCO Q&A Webinars,
CPC Blitz, Practice
Exams
Brenda Zaitz CPC 9/17/2016 Using CPC Blitz
Anna Ward CPC 10/16/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Course (PBC),
CPC Blitz, Practice
Exams

11. CONGRATS! CPC Exam Passers
Recent Exam Passers!
Kasey Simmons CPC 10/15/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz
Carol Moore CPC 10/15/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CCO Q&A Webinars,
CPC Blitz
Lisa Carter-Deloach, CPC,
COSC
CPC 10/26/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz, Practice
Exams
Landa Rader CPC 9/17/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Course (PBC),
CPC Blitz
Holly Goodine, CPC-A CPC 10/22/2016 Using CPC Blitz
Erna van Rooyen CPC 11/09/2016 Using CPC Blitz, COC
Blitz, Practice Exams

12. CONGRATS! CPC Exam Passers
Recent Exam Passers!
Lorna Weddle CPC 10/22/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz
Sonia James CPC 10/29/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz, CCO Q&A
Webinars, Practice
Exams
Donna Pike CPC 10/29/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz, CCO Q&A
Webinars, Practice
Exams
Karla Valentin CPC 10/29/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz, CPC Course
(PBC), CCO Q&A
Webinars, Practice
Exams
Tamara Wilhelm CPC 11/05/2016 Using BHAT™ System

13. CONGRATS! CPC Exam Passers
Recent Exam Passers!
Alaina Axford-Moore CPC 11/05/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz, Practice
Exams
Navkiran Dhaliwal CPC 11/05/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
CPC Blitz
Marie Davis CPC 10/22/2016 Using CPC Course
(PBC), MTA Course
Seethal Paul CPC 11/09/2016 Using CPC Blitz

14. CONGRATS!
Recent Exam Passers!
Connie Whitesides MSN,
RN, CPCO, CRC
CRC 11/05/2016 Using CRC Blitz,
Practice Exams
Adrienne Harris RHIT 10/01/2016 Using BHAT™ System,
COC Blitz, CPC Blitz,
CIC Blitz
Linette Elliot Course
Completed
11/05/2016 Using CPC Course
(PBC)

15. Testimonial

16. Poll
Poll
Poll -
Are You Certified?

17. Q&A
November 2016

18. Question:
Any possible chance of having a webinar on
OBGYN and GYN?
Especially on GYN surgeries and when surgeries
cannot be billed together?
Answer
Jo-Anne Sheehan, CPC, CPC-I, CPPM, COC
CCO Sr. Instructor / Coach
GYN Surgeries and Billing

19. Question:
The patient receives total OB care from partners in the same
practice. Dr. A follows the patient through the antepartum care and
Dr. B performs the delivery.
Would you bill the delivery under the provider that provided the
antepartum care and not under the provider that performed the
delivery? Or bill under the provider who performed the delivery?
(both physicians are partners in the same practice)
Answer
Jo-Anne Sheehan, CPC, CPC-I, CPPM, COC
CCO Sr. Instructor / Coach
Global OB Billing

20. What’s Changing in CPT & ICD-10-CM for 2017?
http://www.cco.us/cpt-icd10cm-update-webinars-2017
On October 1, 2016, thousands of ICD-10-CM codes will be deployed after a long 2-year freeze.

21. Poll
What AAPC coding
credential do you HAVE?

22. Risk Adjustment Coder Bundle
www.cco.us/flashsale

23. Complicating Labor and Delivery Diagnostic Coding
Question:
The ICD-9 cross walk converts 659.73 to O76, which ends with a
description of "complicating labor and delivery", are you allowed
to use this code at any time in pregnancy or just during labor
and delivery. If not, what would you use for abnormal fetal heart
rate. Same for O77.8?
Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC
CCO Education Director
ANSWER

24. Coding for Diabetes, Gangrene and Osteomyelitis
Question:
Is the following statement true?
If a patient has a diagnosis of diabetes, gangrene, and
osteomyelitis, diabetes cannot have an assumed
relationship to the other conditions.
Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, CRC
CCO Education Director
ANSWER

25. Poll
Poll
Do You Know
About the CCO Club?

26. Announcing the CCO CLUB
http://www.cco.us/club
The Ultimate
Membership for
Earning CEUs, Webinar
& Support Call
Replays, Billing/Coding
Q&As and Extended
Product Support
INTRODUCING:
New Monthly Plans
Including Find-A-Code.com!

27. What coding credential
do you WANT?
Poll

28. Place of Injury Diagnosis Coding
Question:
If the place of occurrence is not specified or is so vague there
are too many possible codes to choose from, I was under the
assumption that nothing was coded. I code for the physician part
of charges. The hospital is always coding this as place
unspecified.
What is correct?
ANSWER
Chandra Stephenson, CPC, CIC, COC, CPB, CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CCS,
CANPC, CCC, CEMC, CFPC, CGSC, CIMC, COBGC, COSC
CCO Program Director

29. Wellness Exam vs Preventative Exam?
Question:
What is the difference in Wellness Exam and Preventative
Exam?
ANSWER
Chandra Stephenson, CPC, CIC, COC, CPB, CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CCS,
CANPC, CCC, CEMC, CFPC, CGSC, CIMC, COBGC, COSC
CCO Program Director

30. www.cco.us/medical-coding-certification-cpc-review-blitz
CPC Blitz New Pricing

31. http://www.cco.us/fblive/
Tuesdays (either 10:15 am or 5 PM)Live with Laureen

32. www.cco.us/fblive/
Wednesday 2 PM EasternDid You Know CCO

33. Best Practices - Baby Visits
Question:
Best Practice Coding Tips For The Following Types Of
Service: Confirmed Pregnancy Visits, OB Ultrasounds,
Medicare GYN Exams, Establishing Care Visits,
Obesity/Weight Management Visits
ANSWER
Chandra Stephenson, CPC, CIC, COC, CPB, CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, CPC-I, CCS,
CANPC, CCC, CEMC, CFPC, CGSC, CIMC, COBGC, COSC
CCO Program Director

34. CCO Presents Free! Topics include:
Need Presentations for
Your Local AAPC Chapter?
More Information: http://www.cco.us/remote-presentations/
The Local AAPC Chapter of Columbus GA for
"EM Coding: Locate Your HEM in Time"
EM: “Locate your HEM in Time – A Unique Way to
Understanding EM Coding”
What is HCC/Risk Adjustment Coding
How to prepare for CPC Exam
Modifiers – It’s All About The Money
How to “Prepare for ICD-10 Proficiency without
Stress”
CPT Coding updates
Any section of the CPT Manual – Anesthesia,
Integumentary, Digestive, Medicine
Any section of ICD manual or guidelines
Any topic you’d like developed!
“Cardiology Section of CPT”
Jackson MS

35. Choice of
Blitz Video
Package
or
2 CEU Webinars
or
1 Hour Session
with Laureen
(or Alicia)
Free Drawing! Your Choice of:
Let’s Pick A Winner!
or

36. 1.5 CEU’s | CCO Monthly Q&A Webinar
2 Ways to Get Your CEU Certificate...

37. Question:
What dx code should be used for well child visits on
patients ages 18 and under? The insurance denied my
claim using the well child dx code for a 17 year old.
Answer
What DX Code Should Be Used
For Well Child Visits On Kids 18 And Under?

38. Your Questions
from the Chat
Questions In The Chat - September 2016
Your Webinar Chat Team

39. IV Push
Is the same code used for IV push if the
medicine is injected into the solution bag and
not the IV line

40. CPC and other Exams
Once one has taken the CPC exam, is it a bit
easier to take the other credential exams?

41. CCO Club
How can I convert from Replay to CCO Club?

42. PCS Debridement Codes
Why is it that some PCS debridement codes
increase or decrease reimbursements?

43. Announcing the CCO CLUB
http://www.cco.us/club
The Ultimate
Membership for
Earning CEUs, Webinar
& Support Call
Replays, Billing/Coding
Q&As and Extended
Product Support
INTRODUCING:
New Monthly Plans
Including Find-A-Code.com!

44. LIKE us on Facebook
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45. Happy Learning!
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AliciaLaureen
Chandra