This online learning course builds on the material covered in course EM1 by providing an in-depth review of coding guidelines for physician emergency department visits and critical care.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Definition of critical care
• Services included in critical care
• Calculating critical care time
• Critical care documentation
• Modifier 25
• Use of emergency department visit codes – Medicare and non-Medicare guidelines
• Level 5 caveat

The course discusses coding guidelines, documentation requirements, modifier use, and bundling issues. It includes exercises with real-life scenarios for hands-on learning. At the completion of the course, a scored assessment tests the learner’s comprehension of the material.

  This course will take most users about 2 hours to complete.