Course Description
The STS Coding Workshop is designed to provide cardiothoracic surgery coders, surgeons, and all billing professionals with the latest coding and reimbursement updates affecting surgical practices. Sessions will be presented using scenario-based questions, challenging coding examples, attendee interaction, and extensive Q&A.
This 2-day, Friday-Saturday educational event will cover new and revised codes specific to cardiothoracic surgery, with concentrations in adult cardiac surgery, congenital heart surgery, general thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery. The program also will focus on reimbursement issues affecting the specialty as a whole. The Workshop will conclude with a special session on the physician’s role in documentation and reimbursement. Additionally, participants will have access to a series of supplemental online modules covering the global surgical period, modifiers, bundling, diagnosis, and coverage considerations to enhance their coding knowledge before and after the Workshop.
| STS Members & Their Employees | $925 |
| Non-Members & Staff Unaffiliated with STS | $1,200 |
Housing
Housing for the STS Coding Workshop is now closed.
The deadline for hotel reservations has passed and the official room block is closed. However, as a service to you, we have partnered with a third party travel company to assist with new reservations. You can check availability online.
EXISTING RESERVATIONS: Reservations are currently being transferred from Experient (the official STS Housing Provider) to each hotel to be secured in the hotel's reservation system. Experient will be available January 3 - 8, 2020 to assist with general reservation inquiries via email at STS@experient-inc.com or by phone at 800-424-5249 or 847-336-5829 (international callers); however, all modifications and cancellations must be made directly with the hotel. Please do not contact your assigned hotel until January 8, 2020.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 13.0 continuing education hours. Grant of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
This program has been approved for 13.0 continuing education unit(s) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.