EPIC® On-Demand Library: Coding for Childhood Immunizations

Release Date:                          Expiration Date:
April 11, 2024                              April 11, 2025

Time to Complete
1 hour and 15 minutes

Disclosures
Peer reviewer and EPIC® staff have no relevant financial information to disclose.​

​​Accreditation Information
The American Academy of Pediatrics – Georgia Chapter is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Pediatrics – Georgia Chapter designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity was designated for 1.25 contact hours.

Activity ID #32088

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Computer: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended) (see How much bandwidth is used during a session?)

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2GB of RAM (minimum), 4GB or more of RAM (recommended)

Activity Description

The EPIC® Immunization Program focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of vaccine preventable disease through proper scheduling and administration of vaccine across the lifespan. EPIC® provides the most current ACIP recommendations for all vaccines and discusses the childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization schedules in detail. Other topics include proper administration, documentation, missed opportunities, school requirements and forms, Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program, vaccine safety, communicating risks, strategies to increase rates, storage and handling and more.

Target Audience
This educational initiative is designed for primary care, internal medicine, and family practice physicians, pediatricians, and other healthcare professionals who are interested in improving their knowledge and competence regarding immunizations. 

Learning Objectives
After this educational activity, you should be able to:

• Discuss ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes applicable to vaccines and immunization

• Recall Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of diseases, 10th Revision ICD-10

• Improve coding accuracy

• Explain documentation requirements for Coding of Immunizations

Faculty

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Alicia Senn, CMPE
EPIC® Immunization Program Trainer
Pediatric Partners of Gwinnett
Conyers, GA 

Instructions for Obtaining Credit:

Once you have watched the recorded webinar, please complete the evaluation in order to receive your certificate. Certificates and program handouts will be sent by email to participants who completed the evaluation. To watch the recording and complete the evaluation, click the buttons below.