CDI: Substance Use Disorders by nationally-recognized documentation authority, Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS, provides essential information for coders, CDI professionals and others who require detailed understanding of this impactful diagnosis. The online, on-demand course walks you through what you need to know to ensure complete and thorough documentation to support accurate and defensible ICD-10-CM coding of substance use disorders.
CDI: Substance Use Disorders
Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
$99.00
CEUs: 1 1 AHIMA 1 AAPC
Included in eLearning Library. Price per person. Group rates available.Overview
Codes change yearly! We take seriously our obligation to provide you with accurate and up-to-date instruction. This course is updated for the 2026 code set.
CDI: Substance Use Disorders by nationally-recognized documentation authority, Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS, provides essential information for coders, CDI professionals and others who require detailed understanding of this impactful diagnosis. The online, on-demand course walks you through what you need to know to ensure complete and thorough documentation to support accurate and defensible ICD-10-CM coding of substance use disorders.
CDI: Substance Use Disorders provides the learner with detailed guidance on
- Discussion of psychoactive substances including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, opioids, hallucinogens, and others
- Alignment of ICD-10-CM and DSM-5 coding systems for substance use disorder and substance-induced disorder
- The impact of substance use, abuse and dependence on DRG assignment
- Official Coding Guidelines and Coding Clinic advice that affect coding of substance use disorders
- Substance use/dependence with Mental Disorders
- Specified acute complications of substance induced (mental) disorders
Bonus! Carefully selected case examples for alcohol, drug or opiod use, focused on diagnostic criteria and clinical indicators leading to accurate code assignment
CDI: Substance Use Disorders
- Psychoactive Substances
- ICD-10-CM and DSM Categories
- Substance Use Disorder
- Substance-Induced Disorders
- Intoxication
- Withdrawal
- Delirium
- ICD-10: Use, Abuse, Dependence
- DRG Impact
- Official Coding Guidelines
- “with” guideline
- DSM definitions
- Documentation
- Acute Complications of Substance-Induced Disorders
- Examples
- Alcohol Use
- Drug Use
- Case Study
- Opioid Abuse
The level of effort to complete this course, start to finish, is equivalent to 1 CEU and should take you approximately 1-3 hours to complete. Remember: You have access to the course materials for the full 4-week enrollment period and we encourage you to re-review any materials that are helpful to you.
Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of the course work, student will be able to download a Libman Education Certificate of Completion. The Certificate of Completion will list the course as awarding 1 CEUs.
AHIMA: 1 CEU
This course has been approved for continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting of Approved CEUs from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program provider.
AAPC: 1 CEU
This course has the prior approval of AAPC for continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
- WebinarPlus™ multimedia and interactive online training format promotes engagement with challenging materials while offering independent self-study.
- Downloadable and printable “Course Highlights” saves time! This active learning tool assists with mastery of the course content.
- Teaching methods including audio and video files, diagrams, and animations to accommodate different learning styles. Where appropriate, the Merck Manual Professional Version supplements course materials with in-depth descriptions of diagnoses and/or procedures.
- Knowledge checks and/or final assessment ensure mastery of material.
- Online Flexibility! Materials available via secure Learning Management System (LMS). Work at your own pace — save time and travel costs.
- Earn Libman Education Certificate of Completion and CEUs.
- To receive CEU credit, students must achieve a passing rate on the course assessment(s).
- Course is self-paced. For planning purposes, assume 1-3 hours required for each CEU.
- Unlimited course access during enrollment period. For courses offering greater than one CEU, enrollment period is 16 weeks. For courses offering one or fewer CEUs, enrollment period is 4 weeks. Courses purchased as a bundle or package may have a longer enrollment period.
- Extensions to the enrollment period are available.
- Price listed is per person/per course. Group rates available upon request.
Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
Cynthia brings over 30 years of experience in health information management, coding and clinical documentation, and clinical resource management. For the past twenty years she has traveled to hospitals throughout the country to assess their processes for managing health information and clinical documentation and to provide her much-sought after expertise in redesigning operations to promote better patient care and hospital financial health.
Her focus is on workflow design and improving clinical documentation with a view to optimizing reimbursement, ensuring compliance, and improving quality and pay for performance measures.
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Required Resource:
- ICD-10-CM Code Book – 2026 or students may elect to use electronic files
Recommended Resources:
- CDI Pocket Guide® by Pinson & Tang The CDI Pocket Guide® has been the essential, go-to resource for anyone involved in CDI and coding. Offered as an always up-to-date online version or the classic spiral-bound format sized to literally “fit in your pocket.”
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision DSM-5-TR™
- Medical dictionary
- Anatomy and physiology reference
- Merck Manual
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