1. 2005 CPT Coding Update Steven A. Adams, CPC, CPC-H, COA
2. Insert the Punctuation Woman without a man is useless
3. 2005 Changes
4. Avoiding trouble is largely a matter of knowing the rules & remembering your audience.
6. Here’s Your Audience Criminal Justice Field
Accountants
Biologists
7. Topics 2005 RVU Update & Reimbursements
Deductible, Venipuncture and Injection Changes
New Codes for Debridement of Skin
New Vaginal Repair Codes
Coding for Endometrial Cryoablation and Essure
Two new Codes for Fetal Doppler Studies
New Malignancy Code
New Category III Codes
8. Payment Reform Continues
9. Worthless Information?
10. Rest of Georgia
11. Sample OBGYN Reimbursements
12. Effective 5/23/2005 Medicare Will Begin A:
14. Effective 1/1/05 Medicare Deductible is:
15. Effective 1/1/05 Medicare No Longer Accepts
16. Effective 1/1/05 Medicare No Longer Accepts
17. New Medicare Injection Codes
19. Debridement ?11004 - Debridement of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle and fascia for necrotizing soft tissue infection; external genitalia and perineum
20. New Vaginal Repair Codes
21. Repair Codes ?57282 - Sacrospinous ligament fixation for prolapse of vagina Colpopexy, vaginal; extra-peritoneal approach ? 57283 - Colpopexy, vaginal intra-peritoneal approach
22. Endometrial Cryoablation and Essure
23. Cryoablation ?58356 - Endometrial cryoablation with ultrasonic guidance, including endometrial curettage, when performed
24. Essure ?58565 - Hysteroscopy, surgical with bilateral fallopian tube cannulation to induce occlusion by placement of permanent implants
26. Doppler Studies ?76820 - Doppler velocimetry, fetal; umbilical artery ? 76821 - Doppler, velocimetry, fetal; middle cerebral artery
27. Malignancy
28. Malignancy Code
29. Category III Code Additions
30. Category III Codes
31. Resources coderscentral.com
cms.gov
lmrp.net
gamedicare.com
oig.hhs.gov/publications/workplan.html
cms.hhs.gov/providerupdate/whatsnew.asp
cms.hhs.gov/physicians/cciedits/default.asp
medville.com
32. Topics 2005 RVU Update & Reimbursements
Deductible, Venipuncture and Injection Changes
New Codes for Debridement of Skin
New Vaginal Repair Codes
Coding for Endometrial Cryoablation and Essure
Two new Codes for Fetal Doppler Studies
New Malignancy Code
New Category III Codes
34. Questions?
