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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Coding Resources > Neurosurgery Coding Alert Neurosurgery Coding Alert 12 monthly issues / 8 or more pages each issue / 12 months Approved for 10 AAPC CEUs ASIN: B00007B000 Coding Institute / Eli Healthcare (Click Amazon here for the best current subscription price)   This is a practical monthly advisor for ethically optimizing coding, reimbursement and efficiency for neurosurgery practices. Receive all the reimbursement your neurosurgery practice rightfully deserves.  Each month you get expert advice to help you properly code, document, and sort through all the billing intricacies for E/M services, removal of spinal lamina, carpal tunnel surgery, removal of brain lesion, re-channeling of an artery, and much, much more. Compliance field tips and tools are also discussed in the newsletter. To give you an idea of the type of coverage offered by this periodical, here are the topics covered in the June 2005 edition: Learn the neuroendoscopy 3-step process for easy code application; select either the open or the endoscopic code, not both; treating endoscopy as definitive procedure; if surgeon converts, go with the open code; watch for NCCI bundles For difficult conversions, -22 is an option; consider time involved and documentation. If an endoscope assisted during lumbar laminotomy, CPT procedure 63030 already includes assisted approach. Continue to use 22899 for Medicare kyphoplasty claims; choosing diagnosis is easier now that payers have approved more ICD-9 codes to justify procedure; HCPCS temporary codes S2362 and S2363, or 22899; check with payer for allowable Dx; etc. CPT added 6 codes to describe neuroendoscopy: all six explained and detailed. Obtain written requests for consults as best practice; however, the consulting physician can document the request as well. NCCI update: Watch for new excision, arthrodesis bundles; modifier -59 can still provide for separate billing, when necessary; avoid same-day excision/corpectomy reporting; review your arthrodesis claims. 69990 opportunities; check NCCI before reporting operating microscope; CPT limits when you cannot bill and CMS limits when you can bill; NCCI bundles 69990; cross check payer guidelines because there may be more money there. Coding brief: Medicare follows private payer lead on PET scan coding; don't use HCPCS G codes when reporting emission tomography scans for Medicare; use 11 CPT codes instead; don't forget -26. Includes many in-depth reader questions and expert answers involving detailed coding challenges, guidances and explanations beyond those described above. The editorial board for this publication includes these coding experts: Dari Bonner, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P, President, XACT Coding & Reimbursement, FL Richard Bucholz, MD, FACS, Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Louis University Hospital, MO Laurie Castillo, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P, AAPC National Advisory Board Member, Past President, AAPC Northern Virginia Chapter, VA Annette Grady, CPC, CPC-H, Director of Reimbursement, The Bone and Joint Center, ND Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC, Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board Ron Nelson, PA-C, Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants Rhonda Petruziello, CPC, Reimbursement Manager, Division of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Eric Sandhusen, CPC, CHC, Director of Billing and Reimbursement, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Sharon Tucker, CPC, Past President, Southern California Chapter of American Association of Healthcare Administration Management, CA Reading of this newsletter has 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 / 8 or more pages each issue / 12 months Approved for 10 AAPC CEUs ASIN: B00007B000 Coding Institute / Eli Healthcare (Click Amazon here for the best current subscription price)   This is a practical monthly advisor for ethically optimizing coding, reimbursement and efficiency for neurosurgery practices. 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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