Podiatry Coding and Documentation Seminar

September 13, 2018 to September 14, 2018

This activity is being offered exclusively to Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System employees that provide various foot care services (palliative care, surgery, non-surgical foot clinic evaluation and treatment, diabetic foot care, would care, etc.) who are interested in learning about and improving on providing the most accurate and detailed documentation and coding of services rendered and can be considered an effort in quality improvement. A course brochure will be e-mailed to Mayo and MCHS employees involved in foot care services outlining the topics that will be covered.

 

 

 

Target Audience

This presentation is being offered to MDs, DPMs, PAs, APRNs, RNs, employees in finance and revenue, and coders. The specific specialties included are Podiatry, Musculoskeletal Clinic, Wound Care/Vascular, and Billing/Finance who provide the various aspects of foot care services for our Mayo and MCHS patients.

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the general rules and regulations of coding, billing and documentation in podiatry and foot and ankle surgery.
2. Describe the rules and regulations of coding, billing and documentation for Evaluation and Management Services (ie. E/M services) in podiatry.
3. Cite the appropriate coding and documentation for the commonly performed procedures in podiatry and in foot and ankle surgery.
4. Clarify what modifiers are and how they are to be used only in an appropriate fashion as well as the correct documentation that is needed to be present in the medical record to support their use.
5. Recognize the difference between non-covered Routine Foot Care and covered “At Risk” foot care and the documentation that is required to support coverage.
6. Explain the coverage criteria for symptomatic mycotic nail debridement and the documentation that is needed to support coverage. CPT code 11721 is the single, most audited CPT code in podiatry, if not in all of medicine. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.50 Attendance
Event starts: 
09/13/2018 - 3:00pm
Event ends: 
09/14/2018 - 10:00am
Gonda 14-102
Rochester, MN 55905
United States

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


Credit Statement(s):

AMA

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here to review disclosures.

Available Credit

  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.50 Attendance
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