Debridement And Wound Care Coding For 2012

Understand & Apply New CPT Debridement And Wound Care Codes Correctly!

New and revised debridement and wound care code guidelines for 2012 clarifies how to choose between the two code groups. As per the new guidelines, CPT® codes pertaining to wound debridement and active wound care require MORE documentation than ever before.

Join for this 60 minute audio conference where our coding expert speaker Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CCS-P, PCE, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR will provide you coding tips and the documentation checklist to back them up. Register and take away valuable knowledge & updates that can save you lots of money.

The Session Highlights:

• Understand the difference between wound debridement, open fracture debridement  vs active wound care coding
• Learn what surgical debridement documentation is NOW required for all three different debridement CPT®  code ranges
• Know the difference between non-selective wound care codes, selective wound care codes, and application of wound vacs
• Identify the NCCI and CPT®  bundling issues as well as payer/carrier policies and interpretation
• Walk through the examples/scenarios as to how the coding should look
• Understand when skin grafting/replacement is involved

Ask a question at the Q&A session following the live event and get advice unique to your situation, directly from our expert speaker.

Who should attend? Coders; Billers; Wound care clinics; Physicians; Managers; Anyone who treats, codes, documents for patient that have open acute wounds to chronic wounds as well as patients with open fractures

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