Coding guidelines for mastectomy procedures were recently updated and help clarify some burning questions. Staying on top of these guidelines will facilitate accurate documentation and coding, reduce denials and increase appeal success.
This concise webinar covers all the updated guidelines and translates them into a “how to” guide for documentation and coding.
This webinar will address:
- Overview of mastectomy procedures
- Updated mastectomy coding guidelines: 2020
- Sentinel lymph node mapping and excision
- Hot topics in mastectomy coding
- Coding for oncoplastic closures
- Coding for implanted devices/markers
- Reporting a partial or total mastectomy. What’s the difference?
- What mastectomy code was deleted in 2020
- How is a nipple sparing mastectomy coded?
- How does an axillary lymph node dissection change coding?
- Documenting attention to margins
- Defining accurate diagnosis for mastectomy procedures. Does it have or be cancer?
Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you open and access the course.
Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP
Speaker and Consultant
KZA
Teri Romano has over twenty-five years of consulting and teaching experience in the health care field. Ms. Romano works with physician groups and hospitals combining a background in clinical systems with solid approaches to operational and organizational problem solving.
Teri is co-developer and instructor for the national coding and reimbursement workshops sponsored by the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She also provides on-site customized coding and reimbursement courses to physician and hospital groups, specializing in neurosurgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, and vein well as E/M and surgical case audits to assist physician groups in their compliance activities. In addition, she consults with vein, vascular, general surgical, and neurosurgical practices on practice management issues including service line development, revenue enhancement, staffing models, appeals management and expense reduction.
Read more about Teri HERE.
Course Access and Expiration
You have 30 days to complete a course from the day you first access the content. After 30 days your access will expire.
Should you have questions, please contact us at education@karenzupko.com
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