NEW!!! AAPC Emergency Specialty Certification Classes!
| Aug ’10 |
| 19 |
| 9:00 am |
REGISTER NOW FOR THIS SPECIALTY EDUCATION AND AAPC CODING CERTIFICATION – Certified Emergency Department Coder! This two-day course offers ten hours of comprehensive specialty knowledge in Emergency medicine coding.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will gain knowledge in the following areas:
- Read and abstract physician office notes and operative notes to apply correct ICD-9-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II and modifier coding assignments
- Application of evaluation and management (both the 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines)
- Rules and regulations of Medicare billing including (but not limited to) incident to, teaching situations, shared visits, consultations and global surgery
- Coding of surgical procedures performed by ED physicians such as thoracentesis, laceration repair, fracture care, foreign body removal, etc.
- Coding of moderate sedation
- Medical terminology
- Anatomy and physiology
To participate in this course, please complete the SPECIALTY CODING REGISTRATION FORM and submit to MediQuick Physician Services.