Unlock the hidden treasures hiding in your CPT book that will make you a better, more accurate coder. Map codes to punctuation guides, insurer guidelines, relative values, CCI edits and more. You'll come away with a wealth of knowledge on topics you may have heard about before but didn't fully comprehend until our expert revealed the nitty gritty details.

Presenter: Betty Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

E/M coding covers a lot of ground, so our expert zeroes in on the topics that matter most to you: EP consult requests from general cardiologists, time-based coding opportunities you may be overlooking, critical care updates, and more.

Presenter: Betty Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

It's no longer enough to just check off elements to get to higher levels--you have to show a reason for doing it.

Presenter: Sandy Nicholson, MA, RHIA, CCS-P

Handle hypertension with ease, master myocardial infarctions, conquer coronary artery disease. Cardiology diagnoses often require you to know in-depth details about your patient's condition. Get surefire tactics for matching your cardiologist's documentation to ICD-9 terms. And take home tips for getting your cardiologist to include the information you need.

Presenter: Betty Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

Protect your physicians' E/M levels with these tools that will get the coding team submitting MDM-driven services that will withstand any payer scrutiny. Plus, bust the E/M loophole myth in this action packed session.

Presenter: Sandy Nicholson, MA, RHIA, CCS-P

LC, LD, RD! Cardiology coding sometimes requires modifiers other specialties may never encounter. Our expert walks you through proper use of the modifiers your claims can't do without, including the essentials (are mod 59 mistakes setting you up for an audit?) and highly specialized modifiers (don't let Q0 missteps cause costly denials).

Presenter: Betty Johnson, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CIC

Become your practice's go-to person for knowing when and how to code for peripheral interventions with a diagnostic cardiac cath procedure, the lowdown on using G0275 and G0278 with cardiac cath procedures, and many of the coronary arterial and cardiac chamber interventions that are commonplace in today's advanced cardiology labs. Our expert has the details you need.

Presenter: David Dunn, MD

Our expert, Dr. David Dunn, will dig into electrophysiologic studies including mapping, pharmacologic challenge, and ablations. You will walk a way with tips on coding for pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, revisions, and removals as well as lead revisions and defibrillation threshold testing. Lastly, he give you tools on the new device monitoring codes.

Presenter: David Dunn, MD

If you've got a peripheral vascular case, you know you have to be on the lookout for multiple codes. Simplify your job with easy-to-remember anatomy to help you understand 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order selective placement. Get the truth behind reporting diagnostic angiograms with interventions. Plus learn tips for coding PV extras such as TPA, nitro, thrombolysis, spasmolytic, coil embolization, and more.

Presenter: Cheryl A. Schad, BA Ed, CPC, ACS-RA, PCS

CPT 2009 hit echo coding with a bang. You've been forbidden from reporting your trusty echo code 93307 with spectral (+93320, +93321) and color flow (+93325) Doppler (thanks to a new code). And stress echo coding has all new subtleties you can't afford to miss. But echo changes aren't the only ones you need to know. Get the inside story on the Myoview coding change, be sure you aren't shortchanging your practice on Lexiscan units, catch key differences in the Welcome to Medicare ECG, and more!

Presenter: Anne C. Karl, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC

Expanding Your Practice: Leading Advice for Winning Results

If Medicare cuts and insurer denials have your physicians searching for better horizons, there's hope. This session will have you exploring new ways of boosting your bottom line from internal strategies such as expanding your A/R methodologies to external strategies such as adding a second location or bringing ancillaries in-house.

• Choosing Internal vs. External Expansion.
• Using a Strategic Decision-Making Process.
• Market Ramifications of Decisions.
• Financial Ramifications of Decisions.

Presenter: Mike Drinkwater, MHA, CPC-I, CCS-P, MHP

The seemingly ever changing Stark Self-Referral Regulations can be a very confusing concept for many practices. During this session, your expert will discuss key definitions under the rules, effective dates of the 3 different phases of Stark, and what your practice needs to do to protect itself from Stark violations. You will be provided with the tools to make your practice's operations more compliant under the law and much more.

Presenter: Jillian Harrington, MHA, CPC-I, CCS-P, MHP