Program

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