Registration

Orthopedic And Neurosurgery Office Visits.Consults. Critical Care - Oh My!
Presented By: Betty A. Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

Coding for your E/M services may be the hardest thing you do because there are so many things to consider when choosing a code. Make it easy on yourself by attending this pre-conference workshop where you'll get the expert tips and trick of the trade that will make picking your next E/M code easy.

Registration and Breakfast/Exhibits

BREAKOUTS

ORTHOPEDICS:
Get The Latest 2008 CPT Codes And Modifier Additions To Ensure Your Practice Gets Every Penny In The Door!
Presented By: Annette Grady, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, OS

Worried about which CPT 2008 code changes and additions will affect your orthopedic practice starting Jan. 1? You don't have to. Get the latest code edits, additions and deletions that specifically affect your specialty from coding veteran, Annette Grady, and make sure you capture evey penny your practice deserves while boosting your bottom line!

NEUROSURGERY:
Gear Up for CPT 2008: What You Need to Know NOW.
Presented By: Darlene Boschert CPC, CPC-H, CMA, CMT

CPT 2008 changes are almost here. Make sure you're ready to update your superbill with the latest code edits, additions and deletions that specifically affect your neurosurgery practice. Our expert coding veteran distills out the information so that you get the details that you need to use these codes Jan. 1 - without even one hiccup to slow you down.

BREAKOUTS

ORTHOPEDICS:
Swing Into Shoulder Scope Coding: It's Not as Hard as You Think
Presented By: Quita Edwards, CPC, CCS-P

Eliminate errors and walk away with tools for appeals and authoritative information to collect the reimbursement that you deserve! Our expert will show you how to recognize the anatomy and pathology behind each code selection, recognize the language in the operative reports for correct code selection, and much more!

NEUROSURGERY:
Skull Base Surgery: Complex Procedures Mean Complex Coding
Presented By: Eric Sandhusen, MPH, CHC, CPC

Unlike most procedures, you won't find one code to represent all your surgeon's work for skull base surgeries. You'll discover three expert-proven steps for choosing the correct codes for these procedures, regardless of your surgeon's approach.

Lunch

Refreshment Break

BREAKOUTS

ORTHOPEDICS:
Fracture Care or Casting & E/M? - Here's How to Know Which Is Your Better Choice
Presented By: Quita Edwards, CPC, CCS-P

Your answer will depend on the patient's situation. Fracture care codes won't always be the answer when a patient presents to your orthopedist with a broken bone. There may be a better - and more ethically profitable - way. Our expert presenter will show you how.

NEUROSURGERY:
Spinal Instrumentation: Capture Everything or Lose Out on Ethical Reimbursement
Presented By: Eric Sandhusen, MPH, CHC, CPC

There's more to spinal instrumentation procedures than merely placing the cage. You'll usually call on a whole host of codes to report these procedures completely. Find out what they are and how to use them during this 1-hour, information packed session.

Breakfast/Exhibits

BREAKOUTS

ORTHOPEDICS:
Are You Capturing All the Charges for Your Daily Office Procedures? Here's How to Check

If you're missing even one x-ray or injection per week, your practice could be losing piles of cash. Join us for this 1-hour session to make sure you're capturing all the charges for your providers' office services with fail-safe, expert advice, guaranteed to increase your practice's weekly cash flow.

NEUROSURGERY:
Grafts: Coding Strategies That Work The First Time
Presented By: John Verhovshek

Whether you're reporting cranial or spinal bone graphs, you have to mind your Ps and Qs, or you could be facing a denial. Dodge the denial the first time with strategies and tactics used by the experts to get these claims paid with a single submission.

Refreshment Break

BREAKOUTS

ORTHOPEDICS:
Straighten Out Your Knee Arthroscopy Coding
Presented By: Leslie Johnson, CCS-P

When you're reporting your orthopedist's knee surgery cases, you don't have to wonder what scopes you can bill separately and which ones you have to bundle. Get the expert answers to all your knee scope questions during this 1-hour session.

NEUROSURGERY:
0, 10 or 90 Days - Make Sure You Know the Difference
Presented By: Eric Sandhusen, MPH, CHC, CPC

Most neurosurgical procedures carry a 90-day global period, but do you everything that that entails? How it affects your follow-up visits, modifier use and staged procedure coding? Make sure you have all the details from the experts with just one hour.

Spinal Surgery: Break Down Your Coding Level by Level
Presented By: Greg Przybylski, MD

Let's face the facts, spine surgery can get extremely complicating. And that means spine surgery coding gets extremely complicated. But you can stop pulling out your hair in frustration because this workshop has the answers, tools and expert strategies to break down your spine coding so that your practice receives all the reimbursement its entitled to.

Dig Into Orthopedic Op Notes and Excavate Your Surgical Coding
Presented By: Quita Edwards, CPC, CCS-P

We'll take real-world operative notes from orthopedic surgeons and point out the obvious and not-so-obvious things to look for to make sure you're capturing all of your physician's services. You'll have a step-by-step approach in your coding arsenal when you leave that will allow you to pick your surgeon's documentation apart to reveal exactly what procedures you should report and when.