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Your facility depends on the revenue generated by nuclear medicine and PET procedures. But coding and billing mistakes can compromise the fiscal integrity of these services. From this popular webcast, presented by prominent nuclear medicine expert Donna Richmond, you'll take away actionable knowledge that will help you achieve your revenue goals and reduce your compliance risks.
A REVIEW OF KEY CHANGES FOR 2019:
- New and deleted codes for reporting several procedures and radiopharmaceuticals, including:
- Vitamin B-12 absorption studies
- Lutetium
- Injection of rituximab and hyaluronidase
- Injection of rituximab
- Iodine
- Current and expired pass-through status for HCPCS Level II codes
- Medicare payment policies for 2019, encompasing both OPPS and MPFS
- 2019 national and local coverage determinations
Clear guidance through several of the most challenging areas for coders and billing departments, including:
- Date-of-service policies for radiopharmaceuticals and exams
- Coding and billing for missed or discontinued appointments, in accordance with CMS guidelines
- Discussion of medical necessity requirements, NCCI edits and documentation best practices
- Coding and billing for radiopharmaceuticals, including which are paid separately or are packaged with services
- Instruction, augmented by clinical examples, for coding:
- Thyroid procedures, with and without uptake
- Hepatobiliary scans
- Gastric emptying studies
- Myocardial perfusion scans
- Lung scans
- Renal scans
- Radiopharmaceutical localization of tumor
- Infection and inflammation scans
- PET scans
- Therapeutic procedures
Here's what other attendees found most valuable about this webcast:
- Information about PET scans
- Documentation examples, including key phrases to look for
- 2019 updates to NCD and LCD policies
- How to bill for discontinued procedures
About the Presenter
Donna Richmond, BA, RCC, CIRCC, CPC
Donna Richmond is a Senior Healthcare Consultant at Panacea Healthcare Solutions. She has worked for more than 25 years in medical billing, coding and compliance, with a primary focus on radiology, including nuclear medicine. She has published articles in several newsletters and magazines and is a frequent presenter of radiology webcasts and seminars.
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Continuing Education
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This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 1.5 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
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This program has been accepted by the Radiology Coding Certification Board (RCCB) for 1.5 hours of continuing education credits towards RCCB recertification.
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Approved for 1.5 of ARRT Category A CE credits by AHRA.
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Please Note: AHRA CEUs are approved for the live event only. AHIMA, RCCB and AAPC CEUs are approved for the live, on-demand and CD versions. All webcasts will offer a Certificate of Attendance (COA). If we do not offer the CEUs the attendee is looking for, attendees can take the COA and try to apply to the agency of their choice.
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