Early Registration

Peripheral Vascular Boot Camp Prepares You for Your Toughest Claims
Presenter: Nikki M. Vendegna, CPC

Transform voluminous rules specific to Peripheral Vascular (PV) billing into a logical and easy-to-understand format. You’ll learn the ins and outs of catheter placement, including selective vs. non-selective codes, ipsilateral versus contralateral secrets, and vascular family distinctions. You’ll also learn how to distinguish screening services and what code bundles to take into account. Sample case studies shed light on when it is — and isn’t — appropriate to bill for multiple interventions to treat the same lesion.

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Crank Up Your Cardiac Devices Coding
Presenter: Nikki M. Vendegna, CPC

If you’re overwhelmed by pacemaker, automatic internal cardioverter defibrillator (AICD), and cardiac resynchronization system (CRT) claims, you could use some direction, right? This session offers step-by-step guidelines to help you find your way through the maze of components when selecting cardiac device procedure codes.

Nix Nuclear Medicine Mishaps With This Expert Advice

Wondering how many doses of Cardiolite you should report for both a rest and stress nuclear test? This session has your solution — as well as other tips to unravel other nuclear medicine coding mysteries.

Tackle This Electrophysiology Terminology

When it comes to reporting electrophysiology codes to medical payers, you can be caught in a frustrating name game. This session will show you how to be sure you’re not missing anything or coding something that’s not there.

Revive Your Consult Coding with Real World Examples
Presenter: Ray Cathey

When you see major consultation rules broken down into real world cardiology scenarios, you’ll have the necessary tools for picking the perfect consult code. Also, this session will pinpoint what non-physician practitioners (NPPs) can and can’t do, highlight the perks and benefits of group practice consults, and draw the fine line between consults and transfers of care.

Spruce Up Your Noninvasive Cardiac Procedure Claims
Presenter: Ray Cathey

If you’re reporting noninvasive procedures like ECGs, exercise stress tests, and tilt table tests with any regularity, then this session is a must. Sort through these common examples and highlight the major pitfalls that could trip a denial.

Refreshment Break

Successfully Resolve Your Top Electrophysiology Coding Conundrums With Guaranteed Expert Advice
Presenter: Nikki M. Vendegna, CPC

Have you run into the situation where you're reporting EPS studies that are not "comprehensive" but have add-on codes that you cannot bill unless the studies are comprehensive? Ask your electrophysiology questions, and find definitive answers.

Be the First to Code Emerging Cardiology Technologies Correctly 

When your cardiologist performs intravascular ultrasounds (IVUS) to diagnose lesions or to help guide therapeutic interventions in the coronary or peripheral vessels, then you’ve got to get a grip on the primary diagnostic or interventional procedure — this must be crystal-clear to report the IVUS study. Discover necessities like these when you’re reporting emerging technologies like IVUS as well coronary computer tomographic angiography (CCTA) claims.

Cocktail Party

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Tackle This Electrophysiology Terminology
Presenter:Betty A. Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

When it comes to reporting electrophysiology codes to medical payers, you can be caught in a frustrating name game. This session will show you how to be sure you’re not missing anything or coding something that’s not there.

Refreshment Break

Resolve Your Top Electrophysiology Coding Conundrums
Presenter:Betty A. Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

Have you run into the situation where you’re reporting EPS studies that are not “comprehensive” but have add-on codes that you cannot bill unless the studies are comprehensive? Ask your electrophysiology questions, and find definitive answers.

Evaluate These Emerging Electrophysiology Services 

Over the last three years, the coding structure has changed immensely. The introduction of biventricular devices, pulmonary vein ablation including transseptal approaches, and mini maze procedures have added a more complicated dimension to your coding choices. Sort through this tangled web of procedures, including atrial fibrillation ablations, and you’ll leave knowing what to report and when.

Cut Coding Clutter for Stents, PTCA's, and Atherectomies
Presenter: Ray Cathey

The more you practice coding for stents, PTCAs, and atherectomies, the less likely you’ll be left in a daze when a claim including these services lands on your desk. Learn the tricks of the trade to determine when a more complex procedure includes a lesser one and when you should use a modifier to report them separately.