Urology Coding Alert
Seminar Helps Urologists Gain Ethical Reimbursement
Ferragamo, a nationally recognized urology-coding expert with 36 years of experience as a practicing urologist, will provide hands-on coding tactics to help urologists:
apply the CPT codes for 2002 correctly to ethically optimize urology reimbursement
code ureteroscopic procedures and implement the current Correct Coding Initiative
identify the radiology codes that urologists should be using but often overlook
take advantage of the new CMS rules for sonographic procedures and linked diagnostic codes to receive the payment they ethically deserve
find out how specific modifiers can help accurately capture charges performed within the global period.
Join your peers for a special evening seminar packed with powerful strategies guaranteed to help you ethically boost reimbursement for E/M and surgical services. Urology Coding Alert subscribers pay just $177 for this three-hour seminar (nonsubscribers pay $197). To register or for additional information call (800) 508-2582, or visit www.codinginstitute.com/conference/uca. Attendees are eligible for three CEUs from the AAPC.
Urology Coding Alert
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Seminar Helps Urologists Gain Ethical Reimbursement
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Kansas Subscriber
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Question: Should I bill 50230 for a radical nephrectomy even if the adrenal [...] - Reader Question:
Incisions for Pyeloplasty
Question: How should I code for a pyeloplasty using a dorsal lumbotomy incision?
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Question: How should I bill for evacuation of a scrotal hematoma postoperatively? The patient had [...] - Reader Question:
Hysterectomy with Bladder Suspension
Question: Our urologist performed a bladder suspension at the same surgical encounter that a gynecologist [...]
