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On-Demand - Power Coding for Surgery Workshop 2022 (AAOS Member)

$925 for AAOS Members and Their Staff [$1075 regularly]| 

*Workbook shipping is included in the price

Approximate Total Time: 5 Hours and 30 minutes

Extended coverage of subspecialty coding content and case exercises to boost your confidence in common orthopaedic scenarios, including spine surgery basics. Learn to apply surgical modifiers to protect reimbursement and appropriately differentiate CPT rules from Medicare NCCI edits and guidelines. You'll leave with awareness of reimbursement methodologies for bundled payment, and, of course, with the latest 2021 code changes and NCCI updates.

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate AAOS Global Service Guidelines from NCCI guidelines for Medicare.
  • Apply surgical modifiers correctly to prevent denials.
  • Identify how restorative care is defined and how it impacts fracture code selection.
  • Use new CPT codes for total joint arthroplasty following infection.
  • Apply the new CPT definitions for arthroscopic shoulder debridement.
  • Understand the new CPT guideline for arthroscopic removal of loose or foreign bodies when performed at the time of other procedures.
  • Demonstrate surgical coding comprehension through new practice exercises.

This course contains accurate and complete information. Coding changes that occurred in 2023 are included for your convenience in the accompanying addendum, Updates for 2023


Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you open and access the course. 

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  

  • Includes Credits

    Extended coverage of subspecialty coding content and case exercises to boost your confidence in common orthopaedic scenarios.

    Approximate Total Time: 5 Hours and 30 minutes 

    Extended coverage of subspecialty coding content and case exercises to boost your confidence in common orthopaedic scenarios. Learn to apply surgical modifiers to protect reimbursement and appropriately differentiate CPT rules from Medicare NCCI edits and guidelines. You'll also leave with awareness of  the  2022 CPT code changes and updated guidance from the AMA on coding for post-arthroplasty joint infections..

    Learning Objectives

    • Differentiate CPT, AAOS Global Service, and CMS NCCI guidelines.
    • Apply surgical modifiers correctly to prevent denials.
    • Learn important changes to CPT 2022 musculoskeletal guidelines that impact fracture reporting and removal of implants/foreign bodies
    • Apply revised instructions for coding infected joint procedures
    • Demonstrate surgical coding comprehension through practice exercises.

    This course contains accurate and complete information. Coding changes that occurred in 2023 are included for your convenience in the accompanying addendum, Updates for 2023

    You will receive a professionally printed copy of the workbook as well as the detailed page addendum via UPS or Fed Ex when your registration is complete.

    Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you open and access the course. 

    Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC

    Consultant and Speaker

    KZA

    Sarah is an experienced, professional, approachable consultant and speaker who succeeds in helping clients identify both risk and opportunity in their coding, reimbursement, and operational systems.  

    Sarah has been KZA’s lead orthopaedic educator since 2020, has taught nationally for the AAOS workshop series since 2016, and has been helping orthopaedic clients for 28 years. Clients appreciate her knowledge of musculoskeletal scenarios and her down-to-earth teaching style.  

    She has significant consulting experience in orthopaedics, presenting on CPT and ICD-10 coding for the annual AAOS national workshop series and annual meetings for ASSH, AAOS, and OTA. Sarah has also presented for dozens of state societies, as well as a wide variety of academic, employed and private practices. Her comprehensive knowledge of complex surgical coding concepts, including ICD-10-CM codes and surgical modifiers specific to hand, shoulder, podiatry, hip, knee, and total joint procedures make her a sought-after educator, trainer and speaker.  

    Find out more about Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC.

    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  

Registering Multiple Attendees 

  1. Create, or have each attendee create, a user account here
    1. If one person is creating all of the accounts you will need to log out each time to create the next account.
  2. Log in with the account that you wish to pay through and add desired products to your cart. 
  3. Once you have selected all the desired products, go to your cart. 
    1. You will initially be registered for each product. You can edit this after you have added the additional attendees using the "remove" button.
  4. To add the additional attendees select the green button in your cart titled “Add a Registration for Another User.”
  5. Enter the email address for the additional attendee.  If they have an account their name will populate and you can select “Add Product for This User.”
  6. The attendee's name will appear in the registrant column under your own. 
  7. Repeat this for each additional attendee.
  8. Proceed, filling out the additional information for each attendee and completing payment.

If you have any issues with completing your registration please email us at education@karenzupko.com or call 312 642-8310