2010 Coding Updates for Your Specialty

Get ready to speed productivity, reduce audit risk and win more reimbursement when coding specialty claims. Grab your seat at the 8th Annual Specialty Coding Extravaganza, featuring more than 66 in-depth specialty procedural, diagnostic and medical coding sessions.

Cardiology coding with Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA

General Surgery coding with Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P

Ob/Gyn Coding with Jan Rasmussen, CPC, ACS-OB, PCS

Urology coding with Stephanie Stinchcomb, CPC, CCS-P

Gastroenterology coding with Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P

E/M Coding and chart auditing with Barbara Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-EM

Primary Care coding with Betsy Nicoletti, CPC, MS

Orthopedic coding with Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, CCS-P, ACS-OR, ACS-EM

Anesthesia and Pain Management coding with Devona Slater, CHC, CMCP

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center coding with Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC, ACS-GS

Peripheral Vascular coding with Linda Gates-Striby, CCS-P, ACS-CA

New CPT®, ICD-9 and CCI Changes and Education

Extravaganza Passports – Customize your education: A Passport will allow you to attend any session in any specialty all day. Create your own agenda.
11 Specialties, 66+ sessions – You take home all handout materials for all specialty sessions offered on the day(s) you attend. Attend any session in any specialty!
Consultation Code Elimination Game Plan – Get the retraining needed in the wake of the 2010 Fee Schedule elimination of consultation codes.
New code updates and clarifications for 2010 – Stay up to date on specialty-relevant CPT®, ICD-9, HCPCS and CCI changes. Speakers will cover any and all changes within specialty tracks.
Hands-on case coding – Go home with applied skills.

RAC Audit Education & Expert Instruction:

RAC audit risk– Learn about RACs and what all coders need to know to protect the practice.
Trusted, leading expert instructors– full-day training from the top coding expert in each specialty!
Physician-led anatomy training – An in-depth look at commonly performed procedures. Look for the anatomy icon in each specialty.

ACS & SCP Certification and AAPC & BMSC CEUs:

Basic and advanced on-site professional certification– Boost your career potential: Choose from 11 specialty credentials offered.
AAPC & BMSC CEUs– Earn up to 17!

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Why should you attend the extravaganza?”

Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, CCS-P, ACS-OR, ACS-EM

11 Medical Specialty Coding Tracks:

Stay Compliant– Avoid Audits:

Ensure your compliance director and practice manager are on the same page and ready to work with you to stay off government and insurance auditor’s hit list! Send them to Target Compliance – Zero in on CMS, OIG and RAC Triggers.

AAPC Approved CEUs:

The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) awards 3 CEUs for the pre-conference, and up to 14 CEUs for the main conference.

BMSC CEUs:

The Board of Medical Specialty Coding (BMSC) awards 3 CEUs for the pre-conference, and up to 14 CEUs for the main conference. CEUs are pre-approved for both ACS and SCP level credentials.

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