AAPC - 2, AHIMA - 4, RCCB - 3

This online learning course teaches ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for imaging services involving complications of care and medication effects. The course covers services related to artificial openings such as percutaneous gastrostomies, as well as central venous catheters, dialysis shunts, and drainage tubes. The course includes lay explanations of clinical terms, detailed discussion of coding guidelines, numerous examples and exercises, and a printable study guide with key learning points. At the completion of the course, a scored assessment tests the learner’s comprehension of the material. This course will take most users about 3.5 hours to complete.  Topics include but are not limited to:

• Distinguishing between “status,” “attention to,” and complications
• Applying 7th characters to complication codes
• Central venous catheters
• Dialysis shunts
• Gastrostomy and other artificial openings
• Non-vascular catheters
• Gastric bands
• Discontinued procedures
• Medication effects