AAPC - 2.5, AHIMA - 5, ARRT 5
This online learning course prepares coders working in the physician practice, non-hospital treatment center, or hospital outpatient setting to assign procedure codes for external beam radiation therapy. 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 5 hours to complete.
- Clinical treatment planning
- Simulation
- Immobilization and beam-shaping devices
- Teletherapy isodose plan
- 3D computer plan
- Basic and special dosimetry
- Radiation treatment delivery
- Image guidance and fiducial markers
- Treatment management
- Physics services