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Pharmacology for Medical Coders

Course ID: 196123
Alison
Course Location
4-5 hours
Free

Course Content

Master drug codes, classifications, and modifiers essential for accurate billing with this free online course. This course offers comprehensive training in medication coding and billing. You’ll learn to interpret NDC, RxNorm, HCPCS, and CPT codes, understand crosswalking and drug-mapping concepts, and apply administrative rules for injections, infusions, and monitoring. The course also covers adverse event and diagnosis reporting, reimbursement essentials, and compliance practices to improve accuracy and reduce denials in healthcare settings.

Course Details

Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration4-5 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Describe the NDC structure, including labeler, product, and package codes used for drug identification
• Identify HCPCS drug levels and related J-Codes, Q-Codes, and CPT codes for medication administration billing
• Explain the integration of RxNorm IDs and UNII codes with NDCs to support standardized drug data mapping
• Classify ATC drug classes and distinguish their roles in therapeutic categorization and reimbursement
• Evaluate billing compliance by assessing Modifier JW and Modifier JZ usage for drug waste documentation
• Outline the ICD-10-CM T36-T50 range to code poisonings, adverse effects, and under-dosing incidents accurately
• Compare CPT codes for chemo administration, immunotherapy, and anesthesia adjuncts in procedure reporting
• Categorize adverse drug event sequencing and therapeutic use coding for correct diagnosis coding practices
• Compute dosage unit conversions between NDC package quantities and HCPCS billing units for claims accuracy
• Review MUE edits, coverage limits, and 340B indicators to prevent claim denials and ensure proper payment
• Assess compliance risks by evaluating NDC/HCPCS mismatches and expired drug usage in audit scenarios
• Illustrate NDC-HCPCS crosswalk tools to support billing, prior authorization, and reimbursement processes
Course Code7794

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