CRN Download Goodies
Here are some informational handouts, tools, forms, presentations that we are sharing in order to make your job in the coding and reimbursement field a little easier. These tools were mostly developed for the students of the CRN Institute to aide in their understanding of these core concepts. Feel free to distribute but keep the files intact as they are. If you would like to revise these in anyway please contact the author Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H for permission. She might even do a custom one just for you!
All of the tools below are in PDF format. If you need to download the free Acrobat Adobe reader click here. To download any of the files listed below, right click on the link and choose "Save Target As". If your borwser has the Adobe Acrobat Plugin, simply click on the link and the file will open directly in your browser window.
- "Understanding E&M Step by Step"
This primer takes you through coding for evaluation and management services step by step. - "Step by Step - Matrix"
This one page form is a companion to the primer above. Use it as a worksheet as you code E&M services. This is included in the download above. - "Modifier$ - It'$ All About The Money!"
This file contains the handouts provided for this PowerPoint presentation presented at the the AAPC national conferences 2001 to 2003. Click here to download this file. This is a large file so be prepared! - "Modifier$ - Grid"
This two page document organizes and lists the CPT modifiers by logical groupings and uses a key that helps to break down the barriers to understanding modifiers. - "Malignant Neoplasm Coding (ICD)"
This file contains a primer used to teach our students how to code malignant neoplasms.
Please e-mail us feedback regarding these tools. What helped you? What would you suggest to improve? What future tools would you like to see? ToolsFeedback@crn-institute.com