Cardiology Specialty Coding Extravaganza 2008

• Caths and interventions: Get the first-ever opportunity to code along with actual case movies of cardiac catheterizations and interventions from an actual cath lab, so you can see the procedure and code it with her hands-on supervision.
• Remote device monitoring: Increased utilization of Internet device checks because of device recalls put your coding for these services under Medicare and private payer microscopes. Learn how your frequencies compare to others, find out how to document your medical necessity for the increased visits, and learn just what is a reasonable frequency for pacemaker checks (which have coding guidelines) and ICD checks (that don't).
• Cardiac CTA: Get tested tips on coding these state-of-the-art multi-slice scans, and find out what payers think are billable indications, as the 128 and 256 slice scanners hit the scene. Also, find out to how to bill/code for CTA outside the heart - if your practice has bought the scanner, your physicians are likely looking for other areas to scan to recoup their costs.
• A Fib ablations: Find out the top reasons your atrial fibrillation ablation procedures are getting denied – and what you can do about it. Get tips on how to correctly bill for a transseptal puncture (Hint: Stay away from the diagnostic cardiac cath codes), and how to bill for an ablation with an EP study.
• Coming trends: Discover some of what you can anticipate in 2008: T Wave Alternans testing, protime clinics moving to the hospital, the future of Doppler color flow, coverage of the CPT codes for anticoagulant management, reimbursement for nuke and other in-office imaging services, and much more.

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