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.
Meeting Materials
Preliminary Workshop materials are now available in the STS Learning Center. You will be required to log in with the same login credentials that were used to register for the Workshop. If you need assistance locating your login information, contact STS Member Services. Please bring a laptop or tablet as additional materials will be available to download onsite. Complimentary wireless internet will be available in the common areas and meeting rooms for Workshop attendees.
Online E-Learning Modules
Included with registration, attendees will be given free access to online modules that supplement and complement the live content via the STS Learning Center. The first of these, covering the Global Surgical Package and Policies and Coverage Determinations, are now available. Additional modules on Modifiers, Bundling, and Diagnosis will become available over the next few months. If you have any questions, please email Education.
| STS Members & Their Employees | $925 |
| Non-Members & Staff Unaffiliated with STS | $1,200 |
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.