This online learning course prepares coders working in the physician practice, non-hospital treatment center, or hospital outpatient setting to assign procedure codes for brachytherapy.
 

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Brachytherapy treatment planning services
• Applicator insertion procedures
• High dose rate (HDR) versus low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy
• Interstitial brachytherapy, including prostate seeds
• Intracavitary brachytherapy
• Accelerated partial breast irradiation
• Brachytherapy sources and source handling
• Electronic brachytherapy

The course discusses procedure techniques, coding guidelines, documentation requirements, modifier use, and bundling issues. It includes exercises and real-life case studies 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 4 hours to complete.