Coding Tutorials

2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) - Correct interpretation of teaching physician attestation statements for E/M (OP and IP), critical care services, and procedures are reviewed.

- Assist in understanding the pain condition and how to apply the diagnostic codes according to Official Coding Guidelines.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - Learn what coding guidelines change when the patient moves from acute care to long term care or acute rehabilitation.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - How to code spinal surgeries in ICD-10-PCS

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - Reviews the coding of malnutrition and coding challenges.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - Reviews the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010,” Pub. L. 111-192. Section 102 of the law pertains to Medicare’s policy for payment of outpatient services.

2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) - The Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD) is a California state agency that is tasked with promoting healthcare accessibility through facilitating analysis of California’s healthcare infrastructure, providing information about healthcare outcomes, and promoting a diverse and competent healthcare workforce, in addition to other roles. As part of this mission, OSHPD requires that hospitals submit particular data on a regular basis. This tutorial will provide descriptions of some of the data elements required in these reports.

2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) - The respiratory system, also sometimes called the pulmonary system, is responsible for supplying the blood with oxygen, which is then transported throughout the body. While this is the most important function of the respiratory system, there are many other important functions which are reviewed in this tutorial.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - This tutorial will discuss the following ICD-10-CM topics: Overview of Chapter 19, Poisoning, Adverse Effects, Underdosing, and Toxic Effects.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - There are distinct differences in the terms sepsis, septicemia, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome, (SIRS). This educational tutorial will discuss their differences, and how they are interrelated, along with their common conditions.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - The coding of respiratory failure when it is present with other conditions has long caused confusion for coders. Recent changes in the coding guidelines for respiratory failure have sought to improve code use understanding. This tutorial will help the coder to recognize the indicators of respiratory failure and to become familiar with the coding guidelines in the coding of respiratory failure.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - This tutorial reviews certain conditions originating in the perinatal period: defined as before birth through the 28th day following birth.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - This tutorial will discuss the following ICD-10-CM topics: Overview of Chapter 1, HIV/AIDS, Sepsis, and MRSA. It includes diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible.

1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - This tutorial will discuss the following ICD-10-CM topics: Fractures, External Causes of Morbidity, and Transport Accidents.

2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) - This tutorial reviews Congestive Heart Failure, (CHF), the condition in which heart disease, causes breathlessness and abnormal sodium and water retention, often resulting in edema.

2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) - This tutorial will describe the debridement process for skin, soft tissue and bone, providing definitions and examples. Active wound care and fracture care related to debridements will be delineated. The differences between ICD-10 and CPT debridement coding guidelines will be discussed.