Course Code: REL-RCC-AMA-013
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Learning Objectives:
Recognize key terms regarding joint replacements and revisions.
Identify documentation components of joint replacement procedures needed to assign a CPT code.
Navigate the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codebook to locate codes for common joint replacement and revision procedures.
Apply the CPT coding guidelines to assign codes for common joint replacement and revision procedures using the CPT code set.
Identify the correct modifier when modifier assignment is appropriate.
Outline:
Musculoskeletal System: Joint Replacement and Revision
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Overview
Overview
Why Is Arthroplasty Performed?
Anatomy of a Joint
How Is Arthroplasty Performed?
Arthroplasty Types
Arthroplasty Documentation
Review
Section 2: Guidelines
Coding Guidelines
CPT Coding Guidelines
Modifiers
Review
Section 3: Coding Arthroplasties
Coding Arthroplasties
Arthroplasty Coding Scenarios
Coding Scenario 1
Coding Scenario 2
Coding Scenario 3
Coding Scenario 4
Coding Scenario 5
Section 4: Coding Application: Arthroplasty
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
Case Study 4
Case Study 5
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Glossary
Exam and BrainSparks
Reviewer: Amy L Blum, MHSA, RHIA
Amy is an SME/writer with the revenue cycle and coding team at Relias. She has over 30 years of medical coding experience, primarily as staff to the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She was the project officer for the development of the ICD-10-CM while at NCHS. She is a member of the American Health Information Management Association.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Healthcare Billing and Coding; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.