The only way to ensure your diagnosis coding is accurate is to have a solid handle on ICD-10-CM core concepts. This report from expert coder and educator Kim Garner Huey, MJ, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, helps you master the fundamentals of diagnosis coding, optimize the available structural coding tools, and master ICD-10-CM language – all of which will significantly improve your chances of selecting the most specific diagnosis codes possible for your claims, reduce your denials, and boost your overall reimbursement.
Kim is an independent coding and reimbursement consultant, providing audit, training and oversight of coding and reimbursement functions for physicians. Kim completed three years of pre-medical education at the University of Alabama before she decided that she preferred the business side of medicine.
She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Management and went on to obtain certification through the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association.
Recognizing the important position of compliance in today’s world, she has also obtained certification as a Certified Healthcare Compliance Consultant and a Certified Healthcare Audit Professional. Kim is also an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM trainer and has recently earned a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law.
For over twenty-five years, Kim has worked with providers in virtually all specialties, from General Surgery to Obstetrics/Gynecology to Oncology to Internal Medicine and beyond. She has spoken at the national conference for numerous organizations.
