Nervous System and Spinal Anatomy for Pain Management
This course lays the anatomical groundwork for understanding pain management and spine surgery procedures. Building a strong understanding of the nervous system and spinal column anatomy is integral to understanding these procedures. This course is recommended prior to taking the Pain Management series.
Objectives:
Lesson 1: Introduction to Pain Management and Fundamentals of Nervous System Anatomy
- Label primary structures related to the central nervous system
- Distinguish between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
- Identify where the central nervous system changes to the peripheral nervous system
Lesson 2: Nerve Plexuses and Other Single NervesÂ
- Label nerve plexuses
- Define the sciatic and femoral nerves, and popliteal fossa
- Identify the branches of the trigeminal nerve
Lesson 3: Spinal Column and Vertebral Anatomy
- Name the 5 major sections of the spinal column
- Identify structural components of a vertebra
- Differentiate between the lamina, foramen, and facet joints
CE Credits:
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 1 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
- Domain: Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 1 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
- Specialty CEUs: COC, CPC, CPC-P, CANPC, CASCC, CPB, CPPM
Target Audience:
- Professional Fee Coders
- Facility Outpatient Coders
- Billing professionals
- Coding compliance professionals
- Practice Managers
- Coding Compliance Managers
Nerve Injections
This course is for those of you who have experienced the pain of coding for pain management procedures. You will walk away from this course understanding the difference between injections and continuous infusions, nerve injections and nerve destructions. You will feel confident when reporting multiple codes, multiple units, imaging guidance and modifiers knowing you are following established guidelines. This is part 1 in a 2-part series. The “Nervous System and Spinal Anatomy for Pain Management” course is offered separately, do consider completing the anatomy course prior to beginning this series if you feel you need the review.
Objectives:
Lesson 1: Nerve Blocks
- Assign Trigeminal nerve block code(s)
- Distinguish between injection vs continuous infusion.
- Determine when modifier 50 is applicable and when imaging guidance separately reportable
Lesson 2: Facet Joint Injections, Epidurals, Paravertebral Blocks
- Differentiate between epidural steroid injection and transforaminal epidural steroid injection
- Determine what code(s) to report for multiple levels of facet joint injections
- Recognize which codes cannot be reported with paravertebral blocks
Lesson 3: Nerve Destruction and Chemodenervation
- Define the difference between nerve destruction and chemodenervation
- Select codes for destruction by radiofrequency ablation of facet joints
- Select the correct code(s) for chemodenervation in multiple extremities
CE Credits:
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
- Domain: Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 2 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
- Specialty CEUs: COC, CPC, CPC-P, CANPC, CASCC, CPB, CPPM
Target Audience:
- Professional Fee Coders
- Facility outpatient coders
- Billing professionals
- Coding compliance professionals
- Practice Managers
- Coding Compliance Managers
- CDI professionals
- Revenue integrity professionals
Joint Injections, Neurostimulators, and Other Procedures
This course brings you even more information to make pain management coding pain free! If you want to feel confident differentiating between tendon sheath, tendon origin and insertion injections, this is for you! You will build skills to confidently report joint injection services. But that’s not all! You will also master coding for neurostimulators. And because we don’t want you to miss a thing, we cover a variety of topics in the final lesson of this course. Check out the course objectives for more details on this course offering.
Objectives:
Lesson 1: Musculoskeletal Injections
- Differentiate between tendon sheath and tendon origin or insertion injections
- Recognize the difference between trigger point injections and dry needling
- Determine joint injection codes based on joint size and imaging guidance used
Lesson 2: Neurostimulators
- Differentiate between cortical and subcortical electrode placement
- Assign the correct code for spinal electrode insertion based on approach
- Identify which peripheral nerves have their own specific code
Lesson 3: Other Spine and Spinal Cord Procedures
- Use the number of days required for percutaneous adhesion lysis treatment to determine procedure code
- Select the code for lumbar puncture for given scenarios
- Identify and code each component of an intrathecal drug delivery system
CE Credits:
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
- Domain: Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 2 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
- Specialty CEUs: COC, CPC, CPC-P, CANPC, CASCC, CPB, CPPM
Target Audience:
- Professional Fee Coders
- Facility outpatient coders
- Billing professionals
- Coding compliance professionals
- Practice Managers
- Coding Compliance Managers
- CDI professionals
- Revenue integrity professionals
151 reviews for Procedure Coding for Pain Management Series
I like the coding example scenarios. those were helpful in trying to understand the coding
Really good series. Appreciate the anatomy and physiology element. It is easy to forget this when using an encoder.
This was great! I coded pain procedures for over a year, and so I was familiar with many of these codes, but I still learned a lot. I appreciated that the course explained why these procedures might be done. Do recommend!
Very great information and easy to understand