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You are here > Home > Recommended Reading > Coding Resources > General Surgery Coding Alert General Surgery Coding Alert 12 monthly issues / 12 months 10 AAPC CEUs & 12 AACME CMEs Approved ASIN: B00007AXK3 Coding Institute / Eli Healthcare (Click Amazon here for the best current subscription price)   Receive all the reimbursement your general surgery practice rightfully deserves.  You'll have up-to-date expert compliance and coding advice for many procedures such as inner skull vessel surgery, repair of heart damage and transplantation of the liver. Compliance field tips and tools are discussed in the newsletter. To gain an idea of the type of coverage this newsletter will provide for you, here are some of the topics covered in the June 2005 issue: Process of elimination helps you find the proper catheter and line placement code; pay attention to procedure description, not brands, when identifying venous access devices; age of patient matters; central vs. peripheral insertion; tunneled or not tunneled; inclusion of port and/or pump. Using POS 21 or 23; moving patient from ED to surgery or performing surgery in ED, etc. Clip and save: Know CVA placement codes: 13 codes explained regarding placement of central venous access devices; decision tree and flow chart provided to determine choice of codes. Using guidance to recoup additional pay with CVAs; applying modifer -26 for services in a facility setting; 76937 for ultrasound; 75998 for fluoro; determine if same physician performs vascular access procedure and imaging procedure; appending with -26. Fee schedule database; instructions to download fee schedule database and how to use it; proper modifier use, RVU information and more available, tracking RVUs; using conversion factors; approximating reimbursement values; locating global periods; global periods crucial for proper modifier application; creating better bilateral billing. When -77 is appropriate; when different surgeon repeats on same day. Selecting codes according to location of ulcers; reporting excisions separately; determining procedures such as ostectomy or primary suture. With this issue you can enhance your coding skills in the most technical surgical cases and get paid what you rightfully deserve. The editorial board for this newsletter includes these coding experts: Tricia Bardon, President, Medical Perspectives Consulting, MI Gary Barone, MD, Assoc. Professor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR Judy Breuker, CPC, CCS-P, CHCC, CEO, Medical Education Services, MI Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CHBME, Member of the AAPC National Advisory Board Stephanie Collins, CPC, Healthcare Consultant, GA Tara Conklin, CPC, PAPP Clinic Garnet Dunston, CPC, MPC, Past Secretary, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board Ian Easton, PhD, FACMPE, Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives Terry Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC, Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board Arlene Morrow, CPC, CMM, President, AM Associates Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P Ron Nelson, PA-C, Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants Nancy Lynn Reading, RN, BS, CPC, University Medical Billing, University of Utah Terry Santana, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC Susan Turney, MD, FACP, Medical Director of Reimbursement, Marshfield Clinic, WI This newsletter has been approved by the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education for up to 12 CMEs in Category I toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. AACME has accredited the Coding Institute to provide continuing medical education. Reading of this newsletter has also been approved by the American Academy of Professional Coders for up to 10 CEUs. The Coding Institute, located in Washington DC, is a fast-growing well-respected national medical newsletter publishing company catering to the needs of physicians, hospitals, and their medical practice staff. When you subscribe to this publication, you will be part of an exciting nationwide group of coders, office managers, experts and consultants all interested in enhancing their coding and reimbursement knowledge. The Coding Institute is part of Eli Research. Eli Research is a research and information company with over 60 publications serving core markets of health care, law and financial services. They currently serve a reader base of over 100,000 business executives nationwide, 80 percent of whom are top officers at their respective companies. Their roots go back to 1947 with the founding of Medicine and Health -- the oldest health policy newsletter in the country. They acquired the Washington DC-based Health Care Information Center, including Medicine and Health and 30 other titles formerly published by Faulkner and Gray. They have focused exclusively on providing high-quality news and analysis for professionals who need critical news and information to survive and prosper. They have distinguished themselves from other publishers by providing intelligent analysis of new strategies, rather than simply reporting on industry developments. 12 monthly issues / 12 months 10 AAPC CEUs & 12 AACME CMEs Approved ASIN: B00007AXK3 Coding Institute / Eli Healthcare (Click Amazon here for the best current subscription price)   Receive all the reimbursement your general surgery practice rightfully deserves.  Please remember: The government no longer allows a grace period for annual code sets. The new HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Rule requires providers to use national medical code sets that are valid at the time that a service is provided. ICD-9-CM code revisions become effective October 1st each year while CPT and HCPCS code revisions become effective January 1st. In order for you to meet this requirement, you must have the revised CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes in your possession before the implementation dates. The best way to do this is to order your code books early. Review current coding resources. 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