BY INVITATION ONLY - FULL

Carol D. Goodheart, Ed.D., instructor

This program offers an overview of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD); an introduction to the ICD-10-CM set of diagnostic codes that will be required for billing and health information in the United States on October 1, 2014; and a preview of ICD-11 which is currently under development. The relationship of the ICD classification to the DSM classification is discussed and contrasts between the two systems are presented.

Upon completion of the program the participant will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of diagnostic classification systems.
• Identify the two HIPAA approved code sets for the United States.
• Review the coding format of the ICD-10-CM and how to locate commonly used codes for their practices.
• Describe the relevance of the new codes for their health care practices.
• Identify the most important feature for clinicians in the forthcoming next version, the ICD-11.

Program Code: ICD3
3 CE Credits
Location: at MSPP, Newton

Carol Goodheart, Ed.D., is in independent practice in Princeton, NJ, specializing in the treatment of individuals and families coping with physical diseases or disabilities. In addition to her practice, she has served at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in a number of roles, including clinical supervisor and contributing faculty. She was the 2010 president of the American Psychological Association. An author/editor of eight books and many articles and chapters, her latest book is A Primer for ICD-10-CM Users: Psychological and Behavioral Conditions, released by APA Books in January 2014.