AHIMA - 3
This online learning course and companion course PM4 prepare coders working in the physician practice or hospital outpatient setting to assign procedure codes for pain management spinal procedures. The course discusses coding guidelines, documentation requirements, modifier use, and bundling issues. It includes exercises and actual procedure notes 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. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Anatomy of the spine
- Common spinal disorders
- Myelography, epidurography, and diskography
- Epidural injections (caudal, translaminar, and transforaminal)
- Percutaneous epidural catheters
- Imaging guidance