Author: Kim Pollock

 

 

Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Media: video

Release Date: 5/1/2009

Estimated time to complete this course: 1 hour 

This educational activity is intended specifically for plastic surgeons and their office staff teams, including office administrators, practice managers, and billing/coding specialists.  This course is not offered for credit.

This 60-minute program covers the use of modifiers with CPT codes and what your payment expectations should be.  Modifiers are two-digit codes that are appended to CPT codes to provide more information to the payor about the procedure performed.  Correct use of modifiers can help you get paid appropriately while avoiding claim denials.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the online course, the participant should be able to:

1. Understand the different types of modifiers (surgery, evaluation, management, etc.).

2. Understand how modifiers affect your billed fee as well as payor reimbursement.

Kim Pollock is an employee of KarenZupko & Associates, Inc., a practice management consulting and training firm working for and with physicians.  All ASPS staff members managing this activity have no relevant financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.  All identified conflicts of interest have been resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.  The ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.

Participants must have internet access, browser software (either Chrome, Firefox, or InternetExplorer), Adobe Flash, and Adobe Reader. Supported Operating & Browser Systems: Microsoft Windows - IE7 or later, Firefox 3.x or later, Chrome 8.x or later.  Macintosh Mac OS - Firefox 3.x or later, Safari 4.x or later.  Linux - Firefox 3.x or later.  Minimum Hardware Configurations: Windows - Intel Pentium II 450MHz or faster processor and 128MB of RAM.  Macintosh - Power PC G3 500 MHz or faster processor OR Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor and 128MB of RAM.  Linux - Modern processor 800MHz or faster and 512MB of RAM with 128MB of graphics memory.

 

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