Coding Rules for SSDIs

Jennifer Ruhl will discuss the organization of the SSDIs and how they are presented in the order of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition. She will outline the new SSDIs, review the changes to the general instructions, and detail the advantages of the new format. Common coding issues will also be addressed. The webinar will conclude with ample time for Q&A.

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Activity Number	Credit Amount	Accreditation Period
2021-012	1.5 CEs	April 30, 2021 - April 28, 2024

Instructor

Jennifer Ruhl, RHIT, CCS, CTR Instructor

Jennifer Ruhl is a Public Health Analyst at the NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. She has been with the program since 2007. Prior to that she was a hospital registrar in a CoC program for 6 ½ years. At SEER, she is a member of the Data Quality Team, which is responsible for identifying needs, setting priorities, and managing projects related to data collection and procedure manuals. She is also the team lead for EOD, Summary Stage and the Hematopoietic Manual and Database. Since 2016, she has also been the chair of the SSDI work group and has been instrumental in developing the data items, managing the SSDI manual, providing answers in CAnswer Forum, and working with other standard setters.
Other products with this instructor
- Coding Grade: Updates
- Tour of the Hematopoietic Data Base

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Jennifer Ruhl, RHIT, CCS, CTR

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