The treatment of stone disease of the urinary tract is an everyday event for most urological practices. Recent changes in diagnoses with the new ICD-10-CM code sets, new treatment clinical stone scenarios, and changes in billing policies for both Medicare and commercial carriers make coding for urinary stone services confusing to both new and experienced coders.
This webinar will provide the attendees with the new rules and an understanding of these rules to allow them to properly and accurately code and avoid mistakes that may lead to audits, fines, and subsequent loss of revenue.
Coding Points that will be presented and discussed for clarity of understanding include:-
Tools and benefits one will receive after attending this presentation will include coding tips and references to actual clinical stone cases and scenarios of urinary stone disease to enhance education and learning the correct and proper coding for these stone services so as to receive correct reimbursements and avoid denials.
Urologists, non-physician providers, coders, billers, and all staff and office personnel involved in the certification, prior authorization, coding, and posting of payments for the treatment of urinary stone disease.
Dr. Michael A. Ferragamo, Jr., MD, FACS is the former chief of urology of Hempstead Medical Center and of Franklin Medical Center of Long Island, New York, and presently is an assistant clinical professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook School of Medicine. Michael Ferragamo is a consulting editor for Urology Coding Alert and is a coding consultant for many private practices across the United States as well as a coding consultant for several academic institutions such as the Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Mass., Intermountain Urology in Utah, NYU Urology in New York City, and Duke Urology, Durham, North Carolina to name a few.