AAPC - 3.5, AHIMA - 5
This online learning course prepares professionals working in a physician practice or non-hospital treatment center to assign procedure codes for visit services provided to radiation oncology patients. 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 5 hours to complete. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Evaluation and management (E/M) services provided during a course of treatment
- E/M services following completion of treatment
- Consultations and Medicare guidelines for consult billing
- Office/outpatient visits
- Inpatient and observation services
- Telephone and online services
- E/M services with procedures
- Counseling encounters and prolonged services
- Incident-to services and nonphysician practitioner services