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Even though the codes may stay the same - Medicare and CPT continue to clarify and define. Get the updates for 2010.
It's not enough that you have to handle a huge number of codes. But, every year they get changed redefined and clarified. And then, you have to learn them all over again.
Join Emergency Department coding expert, Caral Edelberg for this 60-minute update for all of the updates you need to go into 2010 with coding confidence.
PLUS: Caral will give you a FAQ sheet that covers the major areas of concern in emergency medicine including medical decision making, E/Ms billed with procedures, observation, and diagnostic interpretations.
Here's what you will learn:
- New codes - New clarifications - New approaches
- Get the scoop on current issues in emergency medicine coding and compliance.
- Learn to avoid the medical decision making traps.
- Medicare and CPT descriptions for ED E/M services: What are the differences between them?
- Will the CPT changes in consultation codes effect my ED coding?
- Zoom in on how to compare your E/M distribution to state and national distribution to identify risk areas.
Have additional questions? You have the floor with the speaker during an interactive Q&A.
Can't make the live event? Click here to order our February 26th encore event!
Who should attend: Coding staff, coding managers, compliance auditors, physicians, ED nursing managers.
Your registration includes:
- Flexible enrollment. Scheduling conflict? No problem. This session is also available on CD.
- Expert answers to your tough questions during the interactive Q&A period.
- Complimentary attendee package, including the speaker's complete presentation handouts. Keep this quick reference tool close by for future use.
- One low price for all the staff you can stuff into a conference room.
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Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P, CHC, is an emergency medicine and hospitalist coding and compliance consultant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for Edelberg Compliance Associates. Caral is an active member of many professional organizations and has served on the National Advisory Board for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the Coding and Nomenclature Advisory Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Cara; co-authored the Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Emergency Medicine Specialty Examination for the Advanced Board of Medical Coding (ABMC), authored the Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Emergency Medicine Competency Examination published for Ingenix/AAPC, and co-authored the current Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Competency Examination for the AAPC. She is the past consulting editor and currently serves on the editorial advisory committee of ED Coding Alert. She serves on the editorial advisory boards of ED Management, OPPS Insider and APC Advisor.
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