AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2001 Quarter 1
Implementing APCs: Best practices
The AHA Coding for ICD-9- CM Videotape Series is an on-going educational programs provided by the Central Office on ICD-9-CM. Four programs are offered each year and feature clinical presentations by physicians or coding updates by expert health information professionals. Topics for these programs are developed based on viewer responses, most frequently asked coding questions, newly identified pathologies, and innovative technology and treatment protocols. In the first video of the 2001 series, Implementing APCs: Best Practices, APC experts Danelle Kelly and Kathy Reep discuss APC related issues with Nelly Leon-Chisen. Staff from The Florida Hospital in Orlando also share...
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Article Overview
This article introduces a 2001 educational video from the AHA Coding for ICD-9-CM Videotape Series focused on ambulatory payment classification (APC) implementation. It is aimed at coding and health information professionals interested in APC structure, related CPT and HCPCS topics, emergency department and clinic visit coding, charge master review, and national coding edit concepts.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps prospective viewers or readers determine whether the program matches their interest in APC reimbursement education, coding updates, and hospital coding operations. The article also signals which broad coding and payment topics are covered in the training before committing to the full premium content.
Article Sections
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Program overview
Introduces the educational video series, its general format, and the context for the APC-focused installment. Also identifies the professionals contributing to the program and the hospital perspectives included.
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Learning objectives
Summarizes the broad subjects addressed in the training, including APC structure, payment-related coding topics, visit coding, charge master review, transitional pass-through payments, and coding edit concepts.
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Continuing education and availability
Notes the continuing education credit information and provides general purchase and ordering availability details for the videotapes.
What You Will Learn
- The general purpose and audience of the APC educational program
- The broad topics included in APC implementation training
- How the program is structured as an educational video module
- What kinds of payment and coding subjects are covered at a high level
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Health information management professionals
- Hospital coding staff
- Revenue cycle and charge master staff
- APC education learners
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