Thursday, January 18, 2024
APMA Coding Seminar
* The NY24 APMA Coding Seminar is approved for 6.5 CEUs by AAPC for professional coders.
* The APMA is approved by CAPMAC for 6.5 CMEs for Podiatric Medical Assistants.
* The Foundation for Podiatric Medicine is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. The Foundation for Podiatric Medicine has approved this activity for 6.5 continuing education contact hours.
7:30am – 8:00am |
Registration on site opens |
8:00am – 8:45am |
Compliant Routine Foot Care Documentation & Coding Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
8:45am – 9:00am |
Q&A |
9:00am – 9:45am |
Audit! A Real, Live E&M Audit Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
9:45am – 10:00am |
Q&A |
10:00am – 10:15am |
Break |
10:15am – 10:45am |
Audit! A Real, Live Routine Foot Care Audit Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
10:45am – 11:00am |
Q&A |
11:00am – 11:15am |
Skin Substitute Policy Update Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
11:15am – 11:35am |
Surgical Treatment of Nails Policy Update Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
11:35am – 11:55am |
Coding Changes for 2024 You Need to Know Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
11:55am – 12:10pm |
Q&A |
12:10pm – 1:10pm |
Lunch |
1:10pm – 2:10pm |
2024 DME Update Paul Kesselman, DPM |
2:10pm – 2:30pm |
Nail Debridement + Callus Paring Policy Jeffrey D Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA |
2:30pm – 2:45pm |
Q&A |
2:45pm – 3:00pm |
Break |
3:00pm – 3:45pm |
The National Lymphedema Act: Lymphedema Compression Treatment & What It Means to Your Practice Paul Kesselman, DPM |
3:45pm – 4:00pm |
Q&A |
4:00pm |
Adjournment |
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- List four procedure codes associated with the provision of routine foot care;
- Differentiate between nail debridement and nail trimming;
- Cite New York’s Medicare Administrative Contractor;
- Cite New Jersey’s Medicare Administrative Contractor;
- List the class findings associated with routine foot care;
- Define “dystrophic”;
- Define “episode of care” as it relates to wound care;
- List three examples of “conservative” wound care;
- Differentiate between nail avulsion and nail excision;
- List two reasons why it may be medically necessary to repeat a toenail avulsion on the same toe in under eight months;
- Repeat the AMA CPT Editorial Panel definition of “bunionectomy”;
- List two lower extremity applications of noncontact near-infrared spectroscopy;
- List the bones that constitute the hallux interphalangeal joint;
- List two potential locations of pre-ulcerative toe calluses that are not on the distal phalanx;
- List two examples of “moderate” risk as it applies to evaluation and management coding; and
- Differentiate between “acute” and “chronic” as those terms apply to evaluation and management coding.
5:00-6:30pm
2024 Medicare Update
James Bavoso
6:30pm-8:30pm
Risk Management Lecture: Were They Aware? Improving Below-the-Knee Amputation Outcomes
Luke Cicchinelli, DPM
Chief Medical Director
Neal Kornfeld, Esq., Partner at Furman Kornfeld and Brennan LLP
Warren S. Joseph, DPM, FIDSA