Musculoskeletal System: Joint Replacement and Revision

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: Coding Specialists; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.