AAPC - 2, AHIMA - 3, RCCB - 3
This online learning course prepares coders working in the physician practice or hospital outpatient setting to assign procedure codes for positron emission tomography (PET) and PET-CT. The course discusses coding guidelines, modifier use, and bundling issues. It includes exercises and actual radiology reports 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 3 hours to complete. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Procedure technique
- Billing for PET radiopharmaceuticals
- Medicare coverage and PET modifiers
- National Oncologic PET Registry
- Coding for oncologic PET studies
- NaF-PET studies for bone metastases
- PET cardiac studies
- PET brain scans
- Noncovered PET studies