CPC
and CPC-H certification holders fulfilling
AAPC annual CEU requirements
Time Based Coding
is a comprehensive CD-ROM based interactive
course that reviews medical services that are
provided and coded based on time spent
dispensing the service. OIG continues to monitor
time-based codes, looking for errors in time
calculation, documentation, and proper use of
the codes.
Coders face additional
challenges when coding services based on time.
Not only must time-based services meet
documentation, coding guidelines, and specific
medical criteria, but they must also meet the
time requirements. This course content will help
the course user understand time factors,
documentation, coding requirements, and specific
medical criteria for CPT codes based on time.
Click here to see the
brochure (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) on
Time Based Coding,
or continue reading below.
Click here to view
sample slides
from the course (also requires Adobe Acrobat
Reader)
The self-paced
nature of the course allows you to work at your
own pace. This is also an excellent way to
satisfy the continuing education provision of
the compliance plan of a physician practice or
third party billing firm.
This course has
been pre-approved
for 8.0 Continuing Education Units
from the American Academy of Professional Coders
(AAPC) and the
American Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA). So for a reasonable expense, you’ll be
able to tune up your knowledge and fulfill a
large portion of your annual CEU requirement!
Here's a
sampling of what
Time Based Coding covers:
Pre-Test – taken by the
user before the start of the main (full)
course
Defining time-based vs.
typical-time codes
8 areas most
likely to involve time-based codes:
Critical Care
Prolonged and Physician Standby Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Pediatric Critical Care Transport
Individual Counseling for Preventive
Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:
Therapeutic Procedures
Hospital Discharge services
Central Auditory Function services
In each of the 8 areas, the
following topics are covered:
About the service -- the services
provided to the patient and what is involvedduring the patient encounter
About the codes -- reviews the time
element involved with the service
Timing -- in detail, the time
increments, minimum and maximum times, and
time calculation
What counts towards time -- what
type of service time counts towards the
time-based service, and what types do not
Documentation -- how to document
time-based services
Types of time -- review of CPT/AMA
definitions of time types specifically
established to report time-based codes
When to start counting --
understanding how to select the correct code
for the amount of time (eligible to be
counted) spent with the patient
Post-Test – Final review
quiz taken by user at end of course
Examples, case studies, practice questions,
review quiz with immediate audio and visual
feedback
To run
Time Based Coding
on your computer, you must have a PC with
Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, and a CD-ROM
drive. The course is completely self-contained
on CD; Internet connection not needed, and
nothing gets loaded onto your hard drive.
PRICE:$295, plus
S/H (NY State residents add 8.0% sales tax)
Discounted price
(22% savings!) for
AAPC and AHIMA members:$229
plus S/H and applicable sales tax
Additional users:
For this course, we offer user licenses for
additional users sharing the same CD, for $75
each additional user. Must be purchased at
the same time as the CD. See ourmail-in order form or
online order page for details. A great
way for significant savings when multiple users
can share the same CD.
