2008 General Surgery Coder's Survival Guide

19 Must-Have General Surgery Coding Rules You Can’t Ignore

Boost your coding accuracy with The Coding Institute’s 2008 General Surgery Coder’s Survival Guide, an easy-to-read, how-to manual that is your 1-stop general surgery coding shop. Each chapter is packed with practical tips, strategies and tricks of the trade that you can try immediately.

This how-to coding guide will outline how to report the most frequently performed general surgery services to insurance carriers — and specifically Medicare Part B. The guide breaks down and discusses common services provided by general surgeons and the steps coders should take to report these accurately. Here are just a few of the topics you’ll learn about:

• Medicare now covers many bariatric procedures. Are you getting every dollar you deserve?
• Finally nail down when to report breast FNA and when to report percutaneous biopsy — Here’s how.
• Is 45380 ever OK for a polypectomy? Find out.
• Are you a gastrostomy coding pro? One 44500 tip holds the key.
• Don’t get caught in the benign and premalignant lesion coding trap. Save yourself with this units tip.
• Take your PEG coding up a notch with 3 expert strategies.
• Sentinel node biopsy or lymphadenectomy? See what CMS has to say.
• Need to find a skin replacement code? Let our quick reference chart do the work for you.
• Help recover scar revision pay for your practice. It’s easy, and we show you how.
• 1 Documentation tip takes the hassle out of VAD coding.
• And much more!

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