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Your One-Stop Orthopedic Trauma Coding Shop

Coding soft tissue injuries, multiple fractures, amputation or all of the above ... for a single patient. You have to prepare for anything when you code trauma. Bring order to the chaos with this in-depth session on co-surgery, team surgery, multiple procedures, and follow-up. You'll get the scoop on teaching physician guidelines and more! Even if you don't code trauma everyday, you'll gain valuable tools you can apply as soon as you return to the office.

Presenter: Quita Edwards, CPC, CCS-P

Back to Basics: Everything You Wanted to Know About Coding But Were Afraid to Ask

Unlock the hidden treasures hiding in your CPT book that will make you a better, more accurate coder. Map codes to punctuation guides, insurer guidelines, relative values, CCCI edits and more. You'll come away with a wealth of knowledge you only heard, but didn't comprehend.

Presenter: Leslie Johnson, CPC

Expanding Your Practice: Leading Advice For Winning Results

Presenter: Jerrie K. Weith, FHFMA

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Can’t Miss: Orthopedic 2009 CPT Updates

CPT 2009 promises 519 code changes — and surgery and E/M aren't getting off lightly. This session dishes up all you need to apply the changes correctly Jan. 1, including an inside look at CPT's rationale. Bonus: Head back to your practice with expert-approved documentation guidelines for the new codes that affect you most.

Presenter: Annette Grady, CPC-Ortho, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPC-P, CCS-P, PCS, FCS

Hand & Wrist Coding: Including Surgery Case Studies, Common Diagnoses, AAOS Vs. CPT & More!

Capturing every element of the hand and wrist procedures your surgeon performs is a snap - if you know what to look for. Master the skills you need to code these delicate procedures, and then apply those skills to real-life case studies that address the problems you confront everyday.

Presenter: John Bishop, PA-C, CPC

Solve The Modifier Conundrum With Rock-Solid Expert Tips

The numbers tell the story: Applying orthopedic surgery modifiers is complex, but our expert jam-packs this hour with proven tips you can use for cases that span multiple days - or multiple practices. You'll walk away knowing how the modifier affects your payment and how to be sure you get every dollar you deserve.

Presenter: Annette Grady, CPC-Ortho, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPC-P, CCS-P, PCS, FCS

Overcome The Foot & Ankle Coding Hurdles With These Guaranteed Winning Techniques

Kick costly coding mistakes to the curb with solutions to the real-life situations that frustrate you most. Does 27792 include 27769? What should you do when the various coding guidelines conflict? You'll get these answers and more in this comprehensive foot and ankle session.

Presenter: Annette Grady, CPC-Ortho, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPC-P, CCS-P, PCS, FCS

9 Easy Ways To Maximize Your Shoulder & Elbow Coding For Optimal Pay-Up

You have to keep track of whether 29827 needs a modifier for multiple portals and whether a graft indicates elbow repair or reconstruction. You shouldn't have to struggle with trying to match your op report terminology to CPT and ICD-9 language, too. Our expert has the tactics you need to boost your efficiency and accuracy at the same time.

Presenter: John Bishop, PA-C, CPC

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Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Avoid Missteps For Knee & Hip Coding And Minimize Audit Risks

You've got documentation of a loose body removal in the knee - whose guidelines do you follow? And what do you do for all those hip procedures that CPT doesn't offer a code for? If you think a unicomparmental knee replacement report is hard enough to dig into without conversion to a TKA, come get all the tactics and strategies you need to handle the many possibilities knee and hip procedures throw your way.

Presenter: Quita Edwards, CPC, CCS-P

Unfailing E/M Coding Tactics Every Ortho Professional Needs To Know

Medicare thinks specialists like your surgeons are billing too many consults. The culprit? Misunderstanding that tricky term "transfer of care." This session shores up your E/M coding, tackling the toughest concepts, with training from one of the top E/M coding experts in the field.

Presenter: Susan E. Garrison, CHC, CHCA, PCS, FCS, CCS P, CPAR, CPC, CPC H

Spinal Surgery Coding Challenges Are A Thing Of The Past: Prominent Coding Authority Reveals All!

A ‘simple’ laminectomy with fusion requires an average of seven codes - are you catching every one? And are they the right ones? You can't afford to miss this fact-filled session covering the essentials of spine surgery - instrumentation, grafts, and more.

Presenter: Greg Przybylski, MD