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Don't let ED coding rob you of appropriate reimbursement. Coding in the ED can be overwhelming. And determining who did what and when can be nearly impossible, especially when other specialists are involved in ED care and documentation isn’t clear.
Join Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P, CHC for this 1-hour audio session to get into the nitty-gritty of the wide range of medical, diagnostic and surgical services ED providers use to care for their patients. You'll get the in-depth knowledge about the codes, the modifiers and how to use both when ED physicians provide only a portion of the ED care.
Caral will help you review common surgical procedures performed in the ED but often under-documented. Plus: She will discuss methods to use in collaborating with ED staff to improve the procedure coding process. Here's what you will learn: - Many low volume procedures actually account for significant revenue. Here's how to accurately code when they are performed.
- Coding for E/M services and surgical procedures performed during the same visit require a knowledge of the surgical package.
- CPT and Medicare rules for surgical procedures are not always the same… correctly code for the services performed.
- Special rules govern how you code "who did what" when PA’s or residents are involved in care of patients - make sure you know the impact to avoid compliance risks and assure proper payment.
- Feed-back is a must for the coding staff make sure that your physicians understand documentation rules for coding E/M service with a procedure so that both can be appropriately billed.
- A+ list of the most commonly billed ED procedures Plus: their rules for documentation and coding.
- Getting denied for E/M services when billed with a procedure? Here's how to identify the payers and work with them to improve payment.
- Get in the loop for up-to-date information on coding for ED procedures.
Order Below or Call 866-458-2965 TodayYour Expert Speakers
 Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P, CHC, is an emergency medicine and hospitalist coding and compliance consultant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for Edelberg Compliance Associates. She is also the founder and president emeritus of Medical Management Resources for TeamHealth in Jacksonville, Florida. Edelberg currently develops training, auditing and monitoring tools while providing compliance audits used to identify coding and billing problems. She 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). She is a frequent author and speaker on healthcare management topics, including outpatient facility coding and billing, medical record documentation policies, healthcare compliance, effective communication within healthcare systems, specialized coding compliance training for physicians and residents, COBRA/EMTALA and CPT/ICD-9 coding and billing. Edelberg 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 The Coding Institute's ED (Emergency Department) Coding Alert. She serves on the editorial advisory boards of ED Management, OPPS Insider and APC Advisor.
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