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Wound Care Billing and Documentation 101
Course of the Month - December 2025
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Course of the Month
December 2025
Each month, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) will offer a continuing education (CE) activity presented by experts from AANP Communities. For the first month that it is offered, the activity will be FREE and only available to AANP members. After the initial month has passed, the activity will become available to both AANP members and non-members for a fee (AANP members will pay a significantly discounted price). The featured activity will rotate each month, so be sure to complete the activity and earn your CE credit before the month ends to benefit from free access!
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Content Expires: | December 31, 2025 (11:55 p.m. CT) | | Content Expires: | November 30, 2026 (11:55 p.m. CT)
CE for this activity will not be available after this date. |
 | This activity includes closed captioning. |
This activity is free for AANP members from 12/1/2025 - 12/31/2025 |
Overview  This activity provides an in-depth overview of essential billing, coding, and documentation practices for clinicians involved in wound and ulcer management. Participants will learn how Medicare coverage is determined, how to apply ICD-10 and CPT codes correctly, and what documentation elements are required to support medical necessity and withstand audits. The session reviews national and local coverage determinations, common coding pitfalls, new 2026 ICD-10 updates, required components of procedure notes, and proper reporting of cellular, acellular, and matrix-like products (CAMPs/CTPs). Emphasis is placed on avoiding fraud-related risk, understanding payer-specific requirements, and using standardized documentation to ensure accurate reimbursement and compliant wound care practice.
Objectives
- Define how coverage is determined for wound care.
- Review coding and documentation requirements.
- Discuss the current landscape with applying cellular, acellular and matrix-like products (CAMPs) and the targeting of Nurse Practitioners by bad actors in the space.
Speaker
Kara S. Couch MS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC
Disclosure This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.
Speaker Disclosures:
- Associate Research Professor of Surgery, SMHS
- President, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
- Vice-Chair, Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders
- Co-Chair- Wound Care Community- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Speaker’s Bureau- Organogenesis (CAMPs), Urgo (wound care products), Solventum (wound care products), Reapplix (autologous blood derived products)
- Editorial Board Member- International Wound Journal, Journal of Wound Management, WoundSource 2025, Wound MasterClass
None of my financial disclosures are relevant to this talk as specific products are not discussed. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
DisclaimerIndividuals who have contributed to the CE Center were carefully selected for their knowledge and experience in the subject area under review. This presentation is informational only and may contain opinions of the authors from their personal experience that do not necessarily express the opinions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Clinical practice is a constantly changing process and new information becomes available every day. Neither AANP nor the contributing individuals can warrant that the material will continue to be accurate, nor do they warrant that the material is completely free of errors upon publication. Attendees and participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program. CE Credit Instructions
- Read this activity description, including objectives and disclosures.
- Complete all educational content:
- Video Presentations: Click the Play button to watch the activity video lecture. To get full credit for the learning activity portion, you must watch all of the video content.
- Click on the Additional Resources button to review all additional materials provided (handouts and any other downloadable resources).
- After completing all educational content, go to the Next Steps button:
- Submit the activity evaluation to receive full AANP CE/Rx credit.
- Click on the Get Certificate button.
- A copy of your certificate of completion will display on the screen for you to print or save. A copy of the certificate will also be emailed to you.
- A copy of the certificate will be automatically added to your AANP CE Tracker.
Additional Information
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