| Schedule | Otolaryngology Track |
|---|---|
| Pre-Conference Workshop- Thursday, December 1, 2011 | |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Early Registration/ Exhibits |
| 1:00pm – 5:00pm | Advanced Surgical Coding Workshop |
| This workshop looks at actual operative notes from Otolaryngology practices. Two Otolaryngologists along with a Otolaryngology Certified Coder will work with the attendees to disect each operative note and code them. The operative notes will be selected from complex surgical cases | |
| Presenter: | Cobuzzi/Koopmann/Waguespack |
| 2:45pm – 3:00pm | Refreshment Break/ Exhibits |
| Main Conference Sessions Day 1 – Friday, December 2, 2011 | |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Registration/ Refreshments/ Exhibits |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Lumps and Bumps |
| Coding for masses in the head and neck region are discussed in clinical context. This will include biopsies and excisions of subcutaneous as well as deeper masses such as those arising in salivary and thyroid glands, cervical nodes, and soft tissue tumors. The family of neck dissection codes will be discussed including use of modifiers when done in conjunction with primary resection and/or reconstruction surgery. | |
| Presenter: | Richard Waguespack,MD |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Refreshment Break/ Exhibits |
| 10:15am-12:15pm | Documentation for Proper Reimbursement |
| This two part course is designed to help assure one’s documentation accurately reflects the services rendered, especially for procedures; this is important from the professional liability perspective, should one be audited by a payer, or simply need to supply supporting records for reimbursement. It will include how documentation may need to evolve for compliance with ICD-10 diagnostic coding in 2013. | |
| Presenter: | Richard Waguespack, MD |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch/ Exhibits |
| 1:15pm-2:15pm | Query the Coder: Ask the Panel of Otolaryngology Expert Coders |
| Get the chance to ask questions and seek further clarifications to our panel of experts in this one hour Q&A . The experts will field questions in the area of coding, unlisted codes, category II codes, reimbursement and more that impact the specialty of Otolaryngology. | |
| Presenter: | Cobuzzi/Koopmann/Waguespack |
| 2:15pm-3:15pm | Deep Throat |
| This course will deal, in the clinical context of hoarseness and dysphagia, with coding for services and procedures performed in the larynx, oro- and hypopharynx, and esophagus. (It will not deal with the Watergate scandal informant.) | |
| Presenter: | Richard Waguespack, MD |
| 3:15pm-3:30pm | Refreshment Break/ Exhibits |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Reimbursement; Past, Present and Future |
| Dr. Koopmann will take the attendees of this class through the payment and reimbursement process history to get where we are now, to ACOs and Group Homes plus some issues that may come up with CMS as we move into Medicare reform. | |
| Presenter: | Charles Koopmann, MD |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Reception and Fellowship |
| Main Conference Sessions Day 2 – Saturday, December 3, 2011 | |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Breakfast/ Exhibits |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Modifiers, it$ about the Money |
| Modifiers are an integral part of CPT and a key to coding and being reimbursed correctly. This class looks at the different modifiers, where they can be used (with what codes) and how they can be used. Additionally, specific examples are reviewed for each modifier. | |
| Presenter: | Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC®, CENTC™, CPC-H®, CPC-P®, CPC®-I, CHCC |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Refreshment Break/ Exhibits |
| 10:15am-11:15am | Compliance for your Otolaryngology Practice-Is your office prepared? |
| Is your office prepared for audits, issues with the RACs, CERTS, ZPICS and how to prepare if required to give a deposition? Do you have the “preventative medicine” in place to protect your practice, livelyhood and future? This course will look at these issues for your Otolaryngology Practice. | |
| Presenter: | Charles Koopmann, MD |
| 11:15am-12:15pm | Surgical Anatomy for your Otolaryngology Coding and Billing Staff |
| Not all coders and billers have the medical background to fully understand the anatomy behind what our physicians are doing. This primer will give Otolaryngology coders and billers better insight into the anatomy for the surgical procedures performed by their physicians | |
| Presenter: | Charles Koopmann, MD |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch/ Exhibits |
| 1:15pm-2:15pm | Balloon Sinus Coding |
| One of the newest technologies available to Otolaryngologists today includes the balloon sinus procedures. 2011 CPT has added new codes for this new technology, and at the same time CPT has put limitations when these new CPT code may or may not be used. These new codes and traditional codes are also bundled, adding additional decision making to the coding process. Come learn when the new codes should be used and when the traditional endoscopic sinus codes are applicable. | |
| Presenter: | Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC®, CENTC™, CPC-H®, CPC-P®, CPC®-I, CHCC |
| 2:15pm-3:15pm | Deal Breakers in Otolaryngology (part 1) |
| From Allergy, through the muscuoskelatal system, on to the respiratory system, the digestive system and concluding with the ears, Otolaryngology coding covers a great deal of terratory in the CPT manual. This class addresses the various anatomic areas cared for by an Otolaryngologist and how we code the more complex challenges we encounter in each of those areas. This is part one of a two part class. | |
| Presenter: | Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC®, CENTC™, CPC-H®, CPC-P®, CPC®-I, CHCC |
| 3:15pm-3:30pm | Refreshment Break/ Exhibits |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Deal Breakers in Otolaryngology (part 2) |
| Continuation… | |
| Presenter: | Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC®, CENTC™, CPC-H®, CPC-P®, CPC®-I, CHCC |
