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Coding and Care Plan From Acute through Rehabilitation Online

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Coding and Care Plan from Acute Through Rehabilitation Online

3 CE Hours

$99

*CE Credits are for Doctors of Chiropractic.

**Please note this course will no longer be approved in the state of CA, OK, TX, WV 


Master Clinical Documentation + Coding for Chiropractic & Spine Care

ICD-10 • CPT • E&M • Rehab • Demonstrable Medical Necessity

If you’re still losing reimbursement—or watching claims get delayed, reduced, or denied—this training is designed to fix it. You’ll learn a repeatable, documentation-driven system for coding accurately, linking services to diagnosis, and proving medical necessity across the full care timeline—from initial evaluation to post-acute rehabilitation.

Built for chiropractors and spine-focused providers who want to:

  • Code E&M and treatment confidently (without guesswork)

  • Reduce denials with diagnosis-linked documentation

  • Support treatment frequency, duration, and progression with objective findings

  • Create “audit-ready” notes that communicate medical necessity clearly

Format: 3-hour intensive training
Audience: DCs, documentation teams, billing/coding staff, and interdisciplinary spine clinics
Best for: Practices in [City, State] and across the U.S. looking to improve compliance and collections


Meet the Instructors

Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM

Primary Spine Care • Documentation • Compliance • Outcomes-Based Reporting

Dr. Mark Studin is recognized for training chiropractors and spine-care professionals in the clinical and administrative systems that support defensible, reimbursable, evidence-based care. His work emphasizes documentation that clearly communicates diagnosis, functional loss, and the objective need for treatment—especially in cases requiring higher scrutiny.

What Dr. Studin brings to this training:

  • Real-world documentation frameworks used in high-accountability environments

  • Diagnosis-to-service cross-linking strategies that withstand payer review

  • Demonstrable documentation approaches that translate clinically and administratively


Don Capoferri, DC, FSBT, FPSC

Spine Care • Rehab Integration • Practical Documentation Systems

Dr. Don Capoferri brings a dual clinical and systems-based perspective to coding and documentation, integrating rehabilitation principles with accurate ICD-10/CPT application and consistent, defensible note structures.

What Dr. Capoferri brings to this training:

  • Practical, clinic-tested workflows for post-acute and rehab documentation

  • Care progression strategies that connect objective findings to coding

  • Documentation methods that support active care, HEP, and functional improvement


What You’ll Learn (3-Hour Syllabus)

Hour 1 — Coding Initial Care: E&M → Treatment (Diagnosis-Linked)

You’ll learn how to code the initial encounter correctly—starting with E&M and moving into treatment, while properly connecting every service to diagnosis.

You’ll cover:

  • ICD-10 selection and structure for initial evaluation

  • CPT coding for treatment services during the early phase of care

  • Cross-linking diagnosis to services to strengthen defensibility

  • Reducing vulnerability in payer review by documenting intent, findings, and plan

Outcome: Your initial visit documentation supports both clinical decision-making and accurate reimbursement.


Hour 2 — Coding Post-Acute Care Through Rehabilitation (Including HEP)

This hour focuses on building clean, compliant, and reimbursable coding systems for the post-acute phase—where audits and denials often increase due to weak documentation.

You’ll cover:

  • ICD-10 and CPT coding for post-acute care and rehab progression

  • How to document and code home exercise programs properly

  • Cross-linking diagnosis to rehab services and exercise-based interventions

  • Demonstrating progression and necessity beyond symptom reporting

Outcome: You’ll be able to code and document rehab care in a way that makes the “why” crystal clear to payers.


Hour 3 — Proving Medical Necessity with Demonstrable Documentation

This is the “make-or-break” segment: learning how to validate necessity of care using objective, measurable findings—not subjective symptoms alone.

You’ll cover:

  • How to build a defensible story using objective documentation

  • X-ray digitizing and how to reference imaging correctly in care justification

  • Range of motion documentation that supports functional loss and progress

  • Muscle testing and its role in documentation and care necessity

  • Comparing:

    • Global dysfunction (whole system movement impairment) vs.

    • Motor unit dysfunction (segmental/region-specific dysfunction)

  • How to write notes that show clear need for continued care and progression

Outcome: Your documentation becomes demonstrable—stronger for reimbursement, audits, referrals, and medico-legal scrutiny.


Why This Training Works

This isn’t “coding theory.” It’s a practical system used in real clinics—built to help you document like a clinician and communicate like a payer needs to see it.

You’ll walk away with:

  • A coding-and-documentation framework you can implement immediately

  • Diagnosis-to-service linkage clarity across phases of care

  • Objective findings strategies to support medical necessity

  • More consistent reimbursement and fewer preventable denials


Call-to-Action 

Enroll Now and build documentation that supports your care—and your reimbursement.


Instructions: Once you purchase the course online, it will be immediately active in your account. If you have any issues, please contact Cara 631-804-2845 or CaraRoss220@Gmail.com

 Troubleshooting Suggestions: 

  1. This course is supported by PC's and Mac devices
  2. Minimum 20mbs download speed
  3. Mobile device are not ideal as tracking is automated and often not mobilized

This course is Pace approved by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards

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