Pulmonary Medicine Coding and Documentation
Recorded Webinar: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Hear an in-depth discussion on proper documentation, coding, and billing for pulmonary function testing (PFT) and bronchoscopy, and understand how to document appropriately to ensure you receive proper payment for all the services you provide.
View this CD-ROM to learn:
- Learn documentation for effective global, technical and professional PFT coding, which includes oximetry, simple and complex pulmonary stress testing, arterial blood gases, thoracentesis, exhaled nitric oxide, and more!
- Learn general bronchoscopy coding concepts with specific examples
- Review ICD-9-CM codes for PFTs and bronchoscopy
- Review multiple endoscopy and multiple procedure rules, NCCI edits, and learn how to code procedures that have no CPT codes.
- Learn how to document your services so that you get reimbursed properly
Who should view this CD-ROM?
- Private practice physicians
- Nonphysician providers
- Physician assistants
- Nurse practitioners
- Clinical nurse specialists
- Certified registered nurse anesthetists
- Medical practice executives
- Practice administrators and managers
- Billing and coding staff
Faculty
Edward Diamond, MD, MBA, FCCP
Dr. Diamond is President of Suburban Lung Associates, a pulmonary, allergy, and sleep practice serving the western suburbs of Chicago. He is Medical Director of the Respiratory Division of the Alexian Brothers Health Network. He practices pulmonary medicine and has a special interest in advanced diagnostic testing and vocal cord dysfunction syndrome.
Alan Plummer, MD, FCCP
Dr. Plummer is a Professor of Medicine in the Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division of the Emory University School of Medicine, where he has practiced since 1971. Dr. Plummer has been the ATS Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) Advisor of the American Medical Association (AMA) since the AMA RUC Committee was organized in 1992. He is the past Chairman of the ATS Clinical Practice Committee and a member of the ACCP Practice Management Committee.
Please note that the content in this program is the opinions of the presenters. The ACCP does not verify, endorse, or otherwise comment on the content presented by the presenters. Individual practice circumstances might differ; therefore, please use discretion when applying the presenters’ recommendations. Neither the presenters nor the ACCP guarantee any particular outcomes.
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