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Title E-codes - from acid throwing to tripping over your cat – an overview of assigning external causes of injury and poisoning
 
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This session will provide HIM professionals with an overview of the External Causes of Injury and Poisoning section of ICD-9-CM.  Whether a novice or an expert this session will have something for everyone.  How to use the alphabetic index and tabular lists effectively will be discussed.  Common and important definitions will be highlighted.  Attendees will be able to confidently assign Place of Occurrence E-codes.  Gray, confusing and difficult causes will be discussed and explained.  Examples will be used to demonstrate logic of assignment and your specific E-code questions will be answered. 
 

Sponsor PHIMA
 
Speaker Nathan McWilliams, RHIA
Director of MIS & Trauma Registry
Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
 

Nathan is a graduate of the Health Information Management program at the University of Pittsburgh.  He has worked for the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation as the Trauma Registry Analyst for seven years and is currently the Director of MIS and Trauma Registry.  Prior to working for the Foundation, Nathan was a CPT-4 and ICD-9 coding consultant for QuadraMed.  He currently is pursuing a Masters degree in Public Administration from Penn State.
 

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