Presented Live November 13-15, 2023
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Day 1
Solve Stubborn Shoulder Coding Concerns
Presented by Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Learn how to properly document and code shoulder procedures including extensive debridement, labral repairs, rotator cuff reconstruction with biomaterial, patches and grafts, remplissage, and biceps tenodesis with a total shoulder. Also get strategies to address the latest payer policy hurdles for shoulder surgeries.
Scope Out Solutions to Common Hip Coding Hitches
Presented by Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Stay up to date with payer policies and CPT coding guidelines for procedures such as femoral acetabular impingement and other types of arthroscopic repairs, single- and two-stage total hip revisions, poly liner replacements, pelvic fractures, and instrumentation issues.
Who’s the Boss? Take Control of Private Payers That Don’t Meet Their Obligations
Presented by Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Practices struggle to meet all the obligations in their contracts with commercial payers, and getting an insurance company to hold up its end of the contract can seem like an impossible task. But your orthopedic practice doesn’t have to be doomed to slow claims processing, ignored deadlines, and missed payments. Discover what levers you have to take control of the situation, and learn why you shouldn’t just accept what a payer hands out. Get real-world examples and best practices to get paid.
Q&A Session With the Speakers
Presented by
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC & Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Day 2
Cement Your Knowledge of Knee Procedure Coding
Presented by Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Lock in your understanding of how to code open and arthroscopic knee procedures, including synovectomy, ACL reconstruction, osteochondral allografts and autografts, as well as patellofemoral arthroplasty and revision total arthroplasty involving the use of temporary spacers.
Get a Grip on Coding Complex Wrist, Hand, and Finger Procedures
Presented by Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Learn to code the most typical hand and wrist repairs, such as carpal tunnel release, release of Dupuytrens Contracture, finger tendon injuries, and fractures. Then examine coding for more complicated hand procedures and discuss coding scenarios for them.
Troubleshoot Costly Ortho Office Procedure Coding Errors
Presented by Edward Leone, CPC, CPC-P, COSC, CRC, CPMA
Cut office procedure denials by correcting common problem areas such as billing dosages for injected drug codes, coding imaging procedures, and other diagnostic tests appropriately, and managing commercial payer policies for issues like modifier 25 use and viscosupplementation injections.
Q&A Session With the Speakers
Presented by Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, Edward Leone, CPC, CPC-P, COSC, CRC, CPMA & Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Day 3
Get Your Spine Coding Straight, Part 1: Musculoskeletal Codes
Presented by Alison Kuley, CPC
Gain an understanding of how to code essential spinal surgeries including osteotomy, spinal augmentation, grafts, instrumentation, and arthrodesis. Also learn when these procedures may be separately reported, and how they should be documented in the operative note.
Get Your Spine Coding Straight, Part 2: Nervous System Codes
Presented by Alison Kuley, CPC
Strengthen your grasp of spine surgical procedures among the 60000 codes, beginning with understanding the various approaches, and how to select the codes for procedures such as laminotomy, facetectomy, foraminotomy, and discectomy. In addition, examine bundling rules and how these codes may be reported with codes from the musculoskeletal section.
Firm Up Your Foot and Ankle Coding
Presented by Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, COSC, CPODCS, CSFAC, CMSCS
Learn the fundamentals of both bony and soft tissue repairs and how they are coded, including bunionectomy, hammertoe correction, neuroma excision, ankle fracture reduction, tendon repair, and release. Basic anatomy will be covered as it relates to code selection and payer bundling policies.
Q&A Session With the Speakers
Presented by Alison Kuley, CPC & Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, COSC, CPODCS, CSFAC, CMSCS