Each year the American Medical Association (AMA) updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and guidelines to accommodate current medical practice and technology. Providers of professional services must apply these changes to any charges for dates of service beginning January 1, 2019.
She will discuss six new Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes, nine imaging guidelines that are no longer in practice, the revised guidelines for Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Areas Covered in the session are Evaluation and Management Services, Surgery Guidelines, Integumentary Surgery, Musculoskeletal Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Radiology, and Medicine Procedures.
Join this session by expert speaker Lynn M. Anderanin, where she will walk you through the overall newly added, revised and deleted CPT codes and explains what they’ll need to know in order to accurately report codes and reduce the chance of denials.
Session Highlights:
Understand the 2019 CPT ®coding updates and guideline
To tackle with hundreds of new, deleted, and revised CPT® codes and descriptions taking effect on January 1, 2019
Find out which updates and guidelines could really affect your coding and reimbursement in 2019
Coding for medical necessity
Medicare billing updates and Medicare compliance updates
Identify what documentation payers may expect you to provide for full reimbursement
Insight on general changes including guidelines, modifiers, E/M codes, OIG work plan, and the MPFS final rule
Why You Should Attend:
In this webinar, you won’t just learn what has changed. You will also learn to recognize why codes have updated, how to apply the new codes, and what should be documented to support them.
Who Should Attend:
Physicians
Nurses
Physicians Assistants
Nurse Practitioners
Coders
Office Managers
Medical Assistants
Practice Manager
Collection Staff
Administrators
CDI Specialists
Billers
Auditors
*You may ask your Question directly to our expert during the Q&A session.
** You can buy On-Demand and view it as per your convenience.
Lynn M. Anderanin
Lynn Anderanin, CPC, CPPM, CPMA, CPC-I, COSC, is the Sr. Director of Coding Education for Healthcare Information Services, a physician’s revenue cycle management company. She has over 36 years’ experience in all areas of the physician practice, and specializes in Orthopedics. Lynn is currently a Workshop and Audio Presenter. She is a former member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) National Advisory Board, and has served on several other boards for the AAPC. She is also the founder of her Local Chapter of the AAPC.