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Cracking the IR Code: Tips for Mastering Lower Extremity Interventions Session
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Category: Online Education Session

Cracking the IR Code: Tips for Mastering Lower Extremity Interventions Session

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
10:30am - 12:00pm

Pricing:
Members: $20
Non-members: $30 
Students: Free

1 CEU for AHIMA and AAPC

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Description: 

This session features a discussion of the CPT® coding rules for angioplasty, stent, atherectomy, thrombolysis and thrombectomy of the lower extremities.

  • At the completion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • Select the correct codes for lower extremity interventions based on clinical indications
  • Correctly apply CPT® coding conventions for accurate code assignment
  • Adhere to CPT® bundling rules for assigning catheterization codes with therapeutic interventions
  • Break down criteria for reporting diagnostic angiograms during the same session as therapeutic interventions
  • Correctly apply NCCI Manual instructions and edits for lower extremity interventions

Speaker Info:

Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, RCC, RCCIR, CIRCC
President & Senior Consultant, RadRx

Stacie is President & Senior Consultant at RadRx in Stuart, FL.  She has 29 years experience in the health care industry. During her career she served as an internal auditor and corporate compliance officer for one of the nation’s largest providers of diagnostic imaging services. Additionally, she served as Vice President and Consultant for a radiology consulting firm and radiology billing company. Stacie has served in a consulting capacity for 19 years and she is a nationally sought out speaker who has presented well over 200 seminars. She has also authored articles on radiology coding and reimbursement topics for AAPC Healthcare Business Monthly, Journal of AHIMA and the Radiology Management: The Journal of AHRA. In addition, she has served on the editorial advisory board of several national radiology publications.  Stacie is the author of Cracking the IR Code: Your Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Interventional Radiology Coding and the creator of the online course Mastering Interventional Radiology & Cardiology Coding.  She is a past president for the Florida Health Information Management Association. Stacie’s contributions to her profession have been recognized by her peers through several awards: FHIMA Distinguished Member Award, FHIMA Outstanding Professional Award, FHIMA Distinguished Service Award, FHIMA Literary Award, AHIMA Triumph Rising Star Award and the AHIMA Triumph Mentor Award.


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