Nuclear Medicine: Translate CPT Descriptions into the Correct Code Choice

Your Expert Presenter:
Cheryl A. Schad, BA Ed, CPC, ACS-RA, Owner, Schad Medical Management Cheryl A. Schad, BA Ed, CPC, ACS-RA, is a nationally recognized coding, compliance and reimbursement specialist and Owner of Schad Medical Management, a physician reimbursement/compliance consulting firm with emphasis on CPT, ICD-9 coding and Medicare Part B regulations. Cheryl’s personal area of expertise is in interventional procedures and diagnostic radiology. She has more than 25 years of experience in health care.
Who Should Attend
This conference benefits a wide variety of health care professionals. Coding and Billing Staff Physicians Practice Administrators Front Office Staff There is no limit to the number of staff from your office who can participate. One registration fee lets your entire staff listen in via speakerphone! Save money — no travel expenses!

When faced with nuclear medicine services, many coders automatically reach for the jumbo-sized bottle of aspirin. That’s because CPT code descriptions leave a lot to be desired for determining what codes to use for reporting nuclear medicine studies. Consequently, nuclear medicine can be one of the most confusing subspecialties to code!

Join coding expert Cheryl Schad for an hour-long audio conference guaranteed to bring clarity to this important area of coding. Cheryl will share in-depth descriptions about each of the various nuclear medicine studies, including the radioisotope typically utilized with each study and with the HCPCS Level II codes used to bill for the radioisotopes by hospitals and imaging centers. She’ll also present information about the clinical indications for the various nuclear studies.

At the end of this session, you will have solid understanding of:

“uptake and imaging,”
“SPECT,”
“static and dynamic imaging,”
CMS’s Multiple Payment Reduction policy relating to six nuclear med studies,
How to code “multi-day” cardiovascular studies,
Intricacies of “ejection fraction” & “wall motion” studies.

Approved for 1 CEU

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One registration fee lets your entire staff listen in! Save money - no travel expenses!