Physical Medicine and Rehab Coding Alert

12 monthly issues / 8 or more pages each issue / 12 months + member access to all online archives + extras
Approved for 10 AAPC CEUs
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Receive all the reimbursement your rehabilitation or physical medicine practice rightfully deserves. Ethically and easily increase your claims reimbursement without raising auditor "red flags" by reading this monthly newsletter.

It is full of expert and up-to-date advice that is detailed, understandable and immediately useable. It helps ensure that your office is properly coding and documenting your claims for therapeutic services, motor nerve conduction tests, neuromuscular reeducation, gait training therapy, H-reflex test, diathermy treatment, and much more. Compliance field tips and tools are also provided. To help you gain a sense for the type of coverage that this publication offers you, here are the topics covered in the June 2005 issue:

You need to get caught up with the 434.91 ICD-9 change to maximize your reimbursement; making the transition; necessary documentation details.
Vital E/M documentation; maximize reimbursement; minutes are key for physiatry E/M.
Coding strokes; choosing principal diagnoses; guidelines & examples.
News: NCCI hits nerve block codes with component G codes; coding accuracy emphasized.
Understanding code 64612 for botox for headaches.
What therapists should document.
Understanding constraining units; calculations, tips and methods.
Coverages for acupuncture Dx by payer; means for investigation.
How to report "meet and greet".
Understanding and using 95928-95929 for central motor tests.

These credible coding experts comprise the editorial board for this publication:

Jean Acevedo, CPC, LHRM, CHC
Sylvia Albert, CPC
Patrick Cafferty, PA-C, MPAS, Member, AMA Health Care
Marvel Hammer, RN, CPC, CHCP
Cathy Klein, LPN, CPC, Director of Regional Network Services, Cardinal Health
Judith Lazar, FACMPE, Administrator, CNS Medical Group, CO, Founding Member of the MGMA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Assembly
Craig Liebenson, DC, Faculty, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
Maggie Mac, CMM, CPC, CMSCS, Pershing, Yoakley & Associates, FL
Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC, Past-President, AAPC, National Advisory Board
Gregory Mulford, MD, FAAPMR, FAAEM, Former Advisor, AMA CPT Advisory Committee for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ron Nelson, PA-C, Past-President, American Academy of Physician Assistants
Tiffany Schmidt, JD, Policy Director, American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, MN
Judith Thomas, MGA, Director, Reimbursement and Regulatory Policy, American Occupational Therapy Association
Sharon Tucker, CPC
Allison Waxler, Policy Analyst, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Reading of this newsletter has been approved by the American Academy of Professional Coders for up to 10 CEUs. When you subscribe to this monthly print newsletter, you will also receive these extras:

member access to all archived editions of this publication online. This will allow you to search the database by keyword;
member access to coding discussion groups in your coding specialty. This allows you to ask advice in real time from others in your field.

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 development.

Receive all the reimbursement your rehabilitation or physical medicine practice rightfully deserves.

Please remember that 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. See more coding resources here.

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