Urology Stent & Diagnostic Coding

Your Expert Presenter
Margaret T. Atkinson, BS, CPC, RMC Margaret is the business manager at Centennial Surgery Center, a freestanding ambulatory surgery center, in Gibbsboro, NJ., where she supervises billing, coding and collection staff and is responsible for all managed care negotiations and contracting. Atkinson has over 15 years of experience in healthcare billing and coding in various practices from home care to urology. She has been involved in private payer contracting, and knows the appropriate fees for ancillary services for proper ASC reimbursement. Atkinson has a Bachelor of Science from Rowan University in Management Information Systems. She is certified CPC through the AAPC, and is certified RMC through the ARMC.
Who Should Attend
This conference benefits a wide variety of health care professionals. Billing and coding 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 whole team listen in via speakerphone! (One dial-in per registration fee.) Save money – no travel expenses!

You just got a boost in your stent coding thanks to CCI’s lifting of the 59 modifier rule for many procedures performed with 52332. But does it really make sense to forego the modifier, especially when many private payers may not follow suit? Or how do you know when to use cysto codes 52204 or 52214 and 52224. Lots of urology coders don’t use the double punch of 52214 and 52224, which together pay physicians nearly $300 for par services done in the facility. Instead physician offices settle for less than half ($133) for 52204.

Before you waste another moment struggling to make sense of it all, let top urology coder, Margaret Atkinson, business manager of Centennial Medical Center, unravel your physician bundling and modifier urology coding challenges.

In this meaty, one-hour audio conference, to be held August 1, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, you’ll get the keys to master stent and diagnostic coding, including:

How to dissect tough urology coding challenges
Details on how to code for stents and get full reimbursement for the supplies
When you can bill for stenting after a ureteroscopic lithotripsy (52353)
What Medicare says about using modifier 58 for staging stenting procedures (eg, removals)
Whether you can bill for a stent with diagnostic procedures
Whether you can bill for a ureteral stent after an ESWL (50590)
Tips on infertility coding, with a comparison of S4028 and 55899 for microsurgical sperm aspiration, and G0027 for semen analysis
Screening codes, including DRE code G0201 (When do you use it and why?)
Interstim therapy coding and reimbursement
Penile prosthesis and TVT reimbursement

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CEUs:
Approved for 1 CEU (ACS-UR, SCP-UR)	Approved for 1 CEU

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