Fine-tune your E/M coding! Learn to recognize and correctly assign codes for Wellness, Illness, Wellness and Illness and Wellness turned Illness encounters. Also includes special considerations for coding birth control/hormone replacement therapy and Medicare services.
Audience: Intermediate- to experienced-level coders/billers, physicians, and non-physician clinicians.

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What is a HPSA? MAC? GPCI? This comprehensive introduction to Medicare Part B is designed for the beginner or occasional user & touches the many facets of the program used in the physician office. Medicare fundamentals are explored including provider eligibility & enrollment (par, non-par and assignment issues); details of Medicare’s unique reimbursement methodology (RBRVS); coverage issues & coding policy related to E/M coding, surgery, preventive services and non-covered items. Plan to also attend Medicare Part B II (Course 702)

Audience: New or occasional Medicare coders/billers and new clinicians

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Take the first step to coding proficiency! Seminar includes orientation to the structure and format of the CPT book including CPT conventions, the CPT Index, E/M code components. Prepares the student for CPT Procedure Coding II (Course 202).

Audience: Entry-level coders/billers
(There are no AAPC CEUs available for this webinar.)

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Designed for primary care providers. This session highlights the important relationship of medical record documentation to coding compliance and reimbursement. Emphasis on CPT coding, electronic health records, the surgical package including common in-clinic services and a review of the diagnosis coding guidelines and common reporting errors.

Audience: Primary care physicians and providers

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Continue to build your CPT expertise with further exploration of the CPT book with an emphasis on CPT guidelines, surgery coding concepts and coding conventions and modifiers. Designed to follow CPT Procedure Coding I (Course 201) or as a refresher course for coders returning to the profession

Audience: Entry to intermediate-level coders and billers

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Designed to follow Medicare Part B II (Course 702); highlights issues attached to Medicare Preventive Services and “carve out” billing/coding policy, ABNs, “incident to” services, non-physician providers, Medicare appeals, the OIG Work Plan and Fraud/Abuse considerations.

Audience: Medicare Part B II (Course 702) participants or any coders and billers working with Medicare programs.

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Here’s help for coders who struggle with correctly coding immunization, injection, infusion, chemotherapy, and allergy services, including an overview of CPT, HCPCS and ICD-9-CM issues. Class also emphasizes use of E/M codes with injection services and injection coding requirements for Medicare beneficiaries.

Audience: Entry- to experienced-level coders/billers

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This introduction to E/M Chart Auditing explores review techniques including production analysis, record selection, and CMS Documentation Guidelines (1995 and 1997). Students learn to use audit tools to assess CPT Key Component elements and correctly identify code level.

Audience: Coders, auditors, compliance staff, nurses, physicians, non-physician clinicians, clinic management

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Master analysis of the E/M key components History, Exam and Medical Decision Making as well as documentation requirements of varied E/M codes: office and preventive services, consultations, critical care, inpatient, observation, ED services.
Audience: Intermediate- to experienced-level coders/billers, physicians, and non-physician clinicians

There are no CEU’s available for a DVD purchase.

Correctly used, modifiers explain unusual or complicated circumstances and can have a positive effect on practice reimbursement. This course undertakes a comprehensive review of CPT and HCPCS modifiers with specific emphasis on use of modifiers with E/M codes.

Audience: Entry- to experienced-level coders/billers

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Many questions surround non-clinician visits (nurse visits). This session will explore which types of services are billable and which are not. Appropriate documentation will be discussed, including templates for guidance in capturing needed elements. (This is a two-hour session.)

Audience: Coders, auditors, compliance staff, nurses, physicians, non-physician clinicians, clinic management

Web replay with successful completion of on-line assessment earns 3 CEUs

Modifiers communicate difficult, increased, separate, reduced, multiple and repeat services, and this class expands the principles introduced in Understanding Modifiers I (Course 401) to apply to surgery services. Participants practice using surgery modifiers with examples and scenarios. Discussion includes detailed information on use of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base (MPFSDB) and Correct Coding Initiative (CCI).

Audience: Entry- to experienced-level coders/billers

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This session covers basic introductory information including ICD-10 format and conventions, similarities between ICD-10-CM and ICD-9-CM and how to code for common conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, neoplasm, injuries and pregnancies. Topics also include how to find and use on-line resources that are available for coders interested in learning more about the ICD-10-CM code set.

Audience: Entry- to experienced-level coders/billers and clinic

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What is an FQHC and how is it different from a coding perspective? Get those answers and more in this top-to-bottom overview of the special coverage and reimbursement regulations that impact coders and billers in a Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) or a Rural Health Clinic (RHC).

Audience: All FQHC/RHC coders/billers

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Clinicians and clinics prove medical necessity for their services through correct diagnosis coding. This introduction to diagnosis coding is a hands-on orientation to ICD-9-CM via exercises in the use of the ICD-9-CM Index and Tabular List plus other basic diagnosis coding guidelines and conventions. Prepares the student for ICD-9-CM Coding II (Course 102).

Audience: Entry-level coders/billers

There are no CEU’s available for a DVD purchase.

Intermediate ICD-9-CM Coding continues the important lessons of ICD-9-CM Coding I (Course 101) and includes review of the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for physicians (Sections I and IV). Gain expertise in difficult ICD-9-CM coding. Bring your ICD-9-CM book!

Audience: Entry- to intermediate-level coders/billers

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This session includes detailed exploration of common, but challenging diagnoses such as diabetes and related conditions, hypertensive disease, important OB coding concepts, and more. Bring your ICD-9-CM book!

Audience: Experienced coders/billers

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Are you providing mental health and psychiatric services to your patient population? Attend this session to explore coding for psychiatry, psychology and behavioral health services provided by physicians, psychologists, LCSWs, nurse practitioners, and others. Examine differences between DSM IV and ICD-9-CM diagnosis coding. Coding, documentation and payer issues are discussed.

Audience: Coders and clinicians providing these services

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