Wiki General Ortho Surgery Charge Posting

[mistysmith311]

Hello all,

I have recently made the move from a pediatrics office to a Pediatrics Orthopedics specialist and while I am familiar with office visits, post-op visits, xrays, & casting. I have NO experience with surgery charges and DME billing. Currently someone else is billing all of our surgeries at this time, however it will become my responsibility in the future. I need to know what resources would be best to learn how to bill surgery and DME accurately. Any links to websites or recommendations of where I can get some good Ortho specific training from would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you!
Misty

 

[amyjph]

https://www.karenzupko.com/

http://www.aaos.org/Default.aspx?ssopc=1

The AAPC has a # of webinars and information that is ortho related as well but I would highly encourage attending a KZA seminar for orthopedics.

 

[Orthocoderpgu]

Send me a private message. I can save you a ton of time learning surgeries. When I first started coding surgeries I sat down with an experienced surgical coder, but while her information was good she omitted a lot of information. I think I can get you up and coding surgeries faster. If you can get your hands on the orthopedic coding companions, that would be great.