The Great Cat Extraction - 10D07Z8
I've been spending the last couple of months training clients on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS and one of the things I love most about it is that I continue to learn more about ICD-10 and it's getting easier. As a matter of fact, I now feel more qualified to teach ICD-10 than ICD-9. But of course, I could pick ICD-9 back up again quickly if I had to. You can't erase nearly two decades of experience overnight! Many who know me well and have sat through my training sessions know that I like to teach by analogy (much the same way this blog is written). So when I unpack my laptop and training materials at a client, I also unpack a series of stories, jokes (well, I think they're funny), and tricks to remembering all the knowledge that I'm about to lay on them. Probably one of my favorites is the Great Cat Extraction, which I was reminded of yesterday when I took my sweet little Mandy to the vet. My cat Mandy is 6 petite pounds of pure purring pleasantness. Unti...