subject: Make Your Asc Coding Skills Sharpen [print this page] Coding for Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is a specialty unto itself. Its a facility service; however Medicare requires ASCs to send their bills to the professional fee (Part B) payers, but using the facility fee (Part A) claim form. Theres an entire different set of regulations and bundling edits to use for ASCs. Many ASCs use the same codes as the surgeons. The rules of the game are different for ASCs than for surgeons or for hospitals. Oftentimes ASCs must follow the rules for physicians and at other times they must adhere to the hospitals rules. A simple modifier if used incorrectly can wreak havoc on an otherwise clean claim for thousands of dollars.
Coding for ambulatory surgical center is not as easy as many would claim. There are audio conferences that address the uniqueness for coding these centers. When you sign up for such a conference, youll get a review of some evergreen ASC coding and billing basics, a roundup of coding changes thats to come, and lots more.
Onboard such a conference, you can review what an ASC can and cannot bill and prevent denials before they happen, get more reimbursement opportunities, help you review your documentation guidelines, and lots more.
The best part of signing up for such an ASC coding conference is that you can listen to it from the comforts of your own office or meeting room. And to top it all, you even stand to acquire CEUs on attending the same. So sign up for one today and sharpen your ASC coding skills.
