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ForwardDiagnosis and Documentation for Major Depressive Disorder
Activity description
Documenting psychiatric conditions to ensure correct coding can be challenging. Providers tend to select unspecified ICD-10 codes for depression rather than selecting from one of the Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) codes that specify severity, whether single or recurrent episode and remission status. This activity will discuss the appropriate screening tools when evaluating MDD and how to assess, diagnose and document for its severity, when it is active versus in remission and if is a single or a recurrent episode.
Provided By
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.
Commercial Support
This activity is supported by OptumCare.
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians — including family physicians — coders and other health care professionals interested in MDD.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to
- Discuss the significance of MDD in the Medicare population.
- Utilize appropriate screening tools in evaluation for MDD.
- Identify MDD and its severity.
- Assess, diagnose and document a single MDD episode vs a recurrent episode.
- Compare active MDD with MDD in remission.
Presenter
Kevin Heat
h, MD, MHL, FACP
Medical Director, Clinical Performance
OptumCare
Lawrence, KS
About the presenter
Dr. Heath is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine. He completed medical school and internal medicine residency at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, followed by a nephrology fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He subsequently entered private practice in nephrology in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.
Planners
Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN
Kevin Heath, MD, MHL, FACP
Medical Director, Clinical Performance
OptumCare
Lawrence, KS
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education (OHE) requires all those involved in the development of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or his/her spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Ms. Chart and Ms. Gleason have indicated that they are employees of and own stock in UnitedHealth Group.
The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, OptumHealth Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit Designation Statements
Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Physicians
OptumHealth Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
AAPC-Certified Coders
This program meets AAPC guidelines for 1.0 CEU. Can be used for Core A, CANPC and CHONC with successful completion of post-test for continuing education units.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been pre-approved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPC - Coders
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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