Patient Triage, Coding & Documentation
Syllabus Online
3 CE’s
Course Description: This program equips you with the practical skills to interpret the results and comorbidities of a clinical evaluation and advanced imaging or electrodiagnostics testing. These insights will directly inform your patient triage decisions and collaborative care planning. The course content is designed to be immediately applicable in your professional practice.
30 Minutes: Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
Triage starts with clinical evaluations. What to look for regarding direct findings and comorbidities in the evaluation and management process.
60 Minutes: Clinical Findings and required documentation for patient triage
Diagnosing and documenting clinical and imaging findings in conjunction with comorbidities to determine the necessity for triage out of your office or providing direct care.
30 Minutes: Imaging and Testing necessary to correlate clinical findings
MRI spinal pathology results and underlying systemic or metabolic issues to finalize a treatment plan
60 Minutes: Radiculopathy vs. Myelopathy, with Cord Edema vs. Myelomalacia
Diagnosing and utilizing ICD-10 coding in reporting long-term care needs when comorbidities are present. Also, how to make it understandable to patients and carriers in reports. This includes how to triage incidental pathological findings on imaging.
Objective: To document specific comorbidities, conclusively document the demonstrative cause of the patient’s pain, and create a care path that includes triage and collaborative care.
Expected Learner Outcome: To be able to triage and diagnose trauma and non-trauma cases.
Instructors:
Mark Studin DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Don Capoferri DC, FSBT, FPSC, BSN