Pricing

ISMS members: Free
Non-ISMS members: $75.00

Course description

This webinar features Deborah Grider, a nationally sought after speaker and author on coding and documentation with over thirty years of experience, discussing the essentials of good medical documentation. Webinar participants will learn how their documentation can “tell the story” of their patients’ visits in a way that supports medical necessity and avoids the problems that face inadequate documentation. Grider will also dive deeper into E/M documentation and “problem areas” such as Modifier 25 and Modifier 59.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe how documentation plays an important role in supporting medical necessity
• Distinguish good from bad documentation
• Describe what needs to be documented in a visit note, procedure note, and operative report
• Describe documentation requirements for E/M levels 4 and 5
• Discuss problem areas, including Modifier 25 and Modifier 59
• Explain how medical necessity is supported in the medical record and on the claim submitted
• Describe how a payer’s medical policy is imperative in supporting medical necessity.

Disclosures

All faculty, content reviewers and planners who have had input into or contributed to the content have indicated they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial entities that may have an impact on the activity.

Target Audience

ISMS members and their staffs

CME information

The Illinois State Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Illinois State Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Illinois Nurse Practice Act rules deem CME credit provided by approved sponsors as acceptable to fulfill nursing continuing education requirements for licensure. Nurses may claim one contact hour per unit of CME in the state of Illinois.