NCCAOM® Recertification Category
NCCAOM Board Approved #9207 – PE-CW
Course Description
Medical coding helps ensure the accurate reimbursement for provided health care services. Medical coding also helps streamline the billing process, facilitate effective communication between insurance companies and health care professionals, and helps to maintain the integrity of patient records while minimizing the risk of related errors and/or fraud. Due to the importance of medical coding, government agencies established guidelines for health care professionals to follow in order to optimize the medical coding process. With that in mind, this acupuncture course reviews essential medical coding guidelines to build awareness among acupuncturists.
Course Objectives
- Discover general coding guidelines that can be used to optimize the coding process.
- Explore specific coding guidelines for diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
- Examine specific coding guidelines for pain, mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use, and dementia.