Falen - Learning to Code with CPT/HCPCS 2012

Falen - Learning to Code with CPT/HCPCS 2012 Lesson Plans Chapter 8 — Medicine

Goals of the Lesson: Cognitive: The student will learn the process for reading medical documents to assign appropriate CPT/HCPCS codes for medicine procedures. Motor: The student will determine the correct CPT/HCPCS codes for the practice exercises. Affective: The student will explore the various forms of medicine procedures that they might encounter in a medical environment.

Learning Objectives: The lesson section for each objective starts on the page shown below.

8.1 Describe the format of the CPT Medicine section...... 3 8.2 Recognize terminology used in the Medicine section...... 4 8.3 Correctly assign CPT codes and modifiers to medicine procedures and services...... 5 8.4 Recognize the elements required for complete injection and infusion CPT code assignment...... 7 8.5 Understand the various noninvasive cardiology procedure and correctly assign the applicable CPT Medicine codes...... 8

You Will Need: Gather the following materials and teaching aids for the following lessons: 8.1 Current CPT/HCPCS manual 8.2 Textbook, blank index cards 8.3 Current CPT manual, Internet, Online databases 8.4 Computer, Internet access, TV, video, guest speaker. 8.5 Current CPT/HCPCS manual, computer, Internet access.

Legend: IB: Image Bank; IR: Instructor’s Resource; PPT: PowerPoint (IR); SR: Student’s Resource; TG: Test Generator (IR)

Objective 8.1 Describe the format of the CPT Medicine section.

Lecture Outline Figures, Tables, Resources and Outside and In-Class Assignments/ Instructor’s Notes Text PPT Content Features Activities Evaluation page slide

 Organization of the 2 2 In-Class Activity Outside Assignments Medicine Section 7 , Provide each student Complete Testing 6 1 with a current copy of Your Comprehension 0 CPT/HCPCS manual; assignment - walk through 1 Medicine section 5 while describing this , section. 2 2 Materials - Current CPT/HCPCS 2 manuals 6 , 2 9 - 3 3

Objective 8.2 Recognize terminology used in the Medicine section.

Lecture Outline Resources and Outside Figures, Tables, and In-Class Assignments/ Instructor’s Notes Text PPT Features Content Activities Evaluation page slide

 Introduction 2 Table in Introduction In-Class Activity Outside Assignment 7 Create flash cards Instruct the students 5 with the terms listed to find 10 new terms in the chapter. in the Medicine Materials section. They are to write out the Textbook, blank definition and use that index cards term in a short sentence.

Objective 8.3 Correctly assign CPT codes and modifiers to medicine procedures and services.

 Common Medicine 2 3 Quick Reference In-Class Activity Outside Assignments Modifiers 7 Table Divide the class into Complete coding 6 pairs or small groups. Practice I: Chapter  Injections and Infusions - Assign each group review exercises 2 with a procedure from 7 the medicine section  Chemotherapy and 8 to research and report Complete Coding Other Highly Complex back to the class about Practice II: Medical 2 Record Case Studies Drug or Highly Complex 7 that procedure. Biologic Agent 8 Materials Administration - Current CPT/HCPCS 2 manual, Internet,  Psychiatry 8 online databases. 3  Dialysis  Gastroenterology 2 8 3  Ophthalmology - 2  Special 8 Otorhinolaryngologic 4 Services  Cardiovascular Services 2 Page 5 Copyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Falen - Learning to Code with CPT/HCPCS 2012 Chapter 8 - Medicine

8  Pulmonary Services 4 - 2  Allergy and Allergen 8 Immunology 5  Neurology 2 8 5  Physical Medicine and - Rehabilitation 2 8 6  Medical Nutrition 2 Therapy, Acupuncture, 8 and Chiropractic 6 Manipulative treatment -  Education and Training 2 for Patient Self- 8 Management, Non-face- 7 to-face Nonphysician 2 Services, Special 8 Services, Procedures, 7 and Reports - 2 8 8 2 8 8 - 2 8 Page 6 Copyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Falen - Learning to Code with CPT/HCPCS 2012 Chapter 8 - Medicine

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Objective 8.4 Recognize the elements required for complete injection and infusion CPT code assignment.

 Injections and 2 4 In-Class Activity Outside Assignments Infusions 7 - Invite a nurse to Instruct the students 8 9 demonstrate the to find and video an - , various injections to informational video 2 2 the class or show a online and write a 8 7 video demonstrating short paragraph 3 , the same. (Numerous describing the 2 videos are available procedure they 8 online at medical viewed. school’s websites.) Materials Computer, TV, internet access, video, guest speaker.

Objective 8.5 Understand the various noninvasive and invasive cardiology procedures and correctly assign the applicable CPT Medicine codes.

Lecture Outline Resources and Figures, Tables, Outside Assignments/ In-Class Instructor’s Notes Text PPT and Features Evaluation Content Activities page slide

 Cardiovascular Services 2 1 In-Class Activity Outside Assignments 8 6 Divide the class into Instruct the students to 9 - small groups. Instruct research the difference - 2 each group to research between noninvasive 2 1 an invasive and and invasive 9 noninvasive procedures and write a 2 procedure, and report short paper describing to the class their their findings. findings.

Materials Current CPT manual, internet, computer