SVS - Surgical Modifiers in Vascular Surgery - Member
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Modifiers tell the payor what happened in a surgery and more importantly impact reimbursement in different ways. Appending correct modifiers can make the difference between a quickly paid claim and one that languishes in your AR waiting for resubmission. Physician documentation must reflect what happened differently in a procedure to lead the code/biller to appending the correct modifier. This webinar explains the most common modifiers and how they are used accurately in actual vascular surgery scenarios.
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Surgical Modifiers in Vascular Surgery
- When should a 22 Modifier Be Used for Increased Procedural Services and Will it get Paid?
- What needs to be documented?
- Same Day Modifiers
- 51 vs 59 what’s the difference?
- 52 vs 53 what’s the difference?
- Global Period Modifiers
- When do these apply?
- Modifier 58. Is it only for a planned procedure?
- What is the reimbursement impact?
- Modifier 79. What makes an unrelated procedure? An infection at the incision site? Debridement of a pre-existing ulcer?
- What is the reimbursement impact?
- Modifier 78. Are procedures on an existing AV graft or fistula a complication?
- How does this impact reimbursement and the global period?
- Clinical scenarios
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.
AAPC Accreditation
This program meets AAPC guidelines for 1.0 CEU. Can be split between Core A, CEMC and CPMA after successful completion of a Post-Test for continuing education units.
Accreditation expiration date: 5/30/25
Important Note: Please be sure to complete the course before the CEU expiration date if you plan to obtain CEU credits.
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