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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
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The Orthopedics Virtual Summit is the can’t-miss event of the year for orthopedic coders. Join the nation's top coding trainers and get a first look at the 2026 CPT® and ICD-10 code changes affecting your specialty.
Interested in Registering Multiple Attendees? Register your team of two or more and save an additional 10%! Your savings will automatically calculate in your cart when you register.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
Now Available On-Demand
Go beyond code selection to develop a clear understanding of the reimbursement challenges facing orthopedic practices — including bundling policies, prior authorization and medical necessity requirements — and practical strategies for their management.
Get the most up-to-date coding guidance for shoulder-to-toe orthopedic procedures, plus insight into payer bundling policies, modifier use and compliance risk areas. In addition, our expert speakers share their tested strategies for overcoming payers' medical necessity rules with adjustments to documentation.
Make sure you are up to date with coding and billing policies for your orthopedic practice's critical surgical procedures. Understand the impact of the latest revisions to spine and foot coding. Be prepared to address new payer policies that impact your most important procedures. Stay vigilant for potential compliance risks that can disrupt revenue.
Here's what we have in store for you:
- Take a deep dive into essential anatomy of major bones and joints as it impacts orthopedic procedures.
- Learn appropriate procedure coding for open and arthroscopic procedures, including coding for new types of devices and techniques.
- Get updated on documentation requirements, prior authorization snags and solutions for handling them.
- Be alerted to compliance risk areas that can trip up providers and strategies to avoid them.
- Understand the essential elements of Medicare's National Correct Coding Initiative, including the online policy manual, procedure-to-procedure edits and medically unlikely edits.
- Ensure that documentation clearly supports procedures such as debridement and acromioplasty.
- Walk through key coding updates, including bundling edit and AMA guideline changes.
- Learn appropriate code selection for procedures including arthrodesis, laminectomy and placement of spinal hardware.
- Expert advice: Get practical answers to real orthopedic coding questions in the Summit's recorded sessions.
- Get your entire team trained without sacrificing productivity and without spending thousands of dollars.
- Reduced expenses. No travel time and no travel costs – participate from the comfort of your own happy place!
*Upon purchase, you'll have access to all recordings for 60 days.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
Day 1
1 hour
Keep Your Knee Coding on Course
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Stay on top of compliant coding for both open and arthroscopic knee procedures, including meniscal and ligament procedures, hemi- and total knee arthroplasty. Gain insight on documentation and pre-authorization to ensure proper payment and reduce denials.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Essential knee anatomy and the most typical orthopedic procedures
- Appropriate procedure coding for open and arthroscopic procedures, including coding for new types of devices and techniques
- Documentation requirements, prior authorization snags and solutions for handling them
1 hour
Fortify Foot and Ankle Procedure Coding
Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, CSFAC, CPODCS, COCS, CMSCS
Deepen understanding of common techniques for hallux valgus/varus and hammertoe repairs, reduction of malleolus and LisFranc fractures, as well as tendon and ligament repairs. Learn critical foot and ankle procedure coding principles so you can avoid compliance pitfalls.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Fundamentals of foot and ankle anatomy as it impacts code selection
- Proper coding for typical foot and ankle repairs, including different techniques of hammertoe and bunion repair, fracture reduction, fusion and soft tissue correction
- Compliance risk areas that can trip up providers and strategies to avoid them
1 hour
Master Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative Policies for Orthopedics
Nancy M. Enos, FACMPE, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC
Learn how to navigate Medicare’s core procedure coding policies, including procedure-to-procedure code pairs, medically unlikely edits and add-on code limits. Delve into when it’s appropriate to unbundle an edit and the correct use of modifiers to do so.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- The essential elements of Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative, including the online policy manual, procedure-to-procedure edits and medically unlikely edits
- Correct use of NCCI modifiers
- Essentials of Medicare’s code bundling policies, including services that are included in the global surgical package and those that may be billed separately
45 minutes
Recorded Q&A with the Speakers
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, CSFAC, CPODCS, COCS, CMSCS
Nancy M. Enos, FACMPE, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC
Attendees asked questions in this Recorded Q&A session.
Day 2
1 hour
Pump up Your Shoulder Coding
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Lock in appropriate reimbursement with documentation and coding that clearly demonstrate medical necessity for open and arthroscopic procedures including rotator cuff repair, acromioplasty, biceps tenodesis, shoulder replacement, capsulorrhaphy and more.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Shoulder anatomy as it relates to accurate coding
- How to ensure that documentation clearly supports procedures such as debridement and acromioplasty
- Important updates to AMA CPT and NCCI policies for shoulder surgeries
1 hour
Flex Your Elbow and Forearm Coding
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Learn the essential anatomy of the elbow and forearm, then get a grasp of tenotomy procedures to address tennis and golfer’s elbow, tenodesis, elbow scopes, fracture repair and compartment syndrome, as well as updates on coding for new devices and techniques.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Fundamental anatomy of elbow and forearm bone, tendon and nerve structures as they impact coding
- Key acute injuries and chronic complaints and how their repairs are coded for this extremity
- Compliance risk areas and code bundling policies for elbow and forearm procedures
1 hour
Get a Grip on Proper Wrist, Hand and Finger Coding
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Review the bones and tendons of the wrist and hand and correct coding for procedures including CMC arthroplasty, correction of Dupuytren’s contracture and trigger fingers. Learn how to tackle complex trauma repairs such as volar tendon reconstruction, and get a first look at the next round of code changes.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Essential anatomy of the wrist, hand and fingers for coding purposes, including common types of fractures
- How to determine correct coding based on documentation for procedures including bone cyst excision, nerve transection and fasciectomy
- Coding for open, arthroscopic and percutaneous carpal tunnel procedures
45 minutes
Recorded Q&A with the Speakers
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC
Attendees asked questions in this Recorded Q&A session.
Day 3
1 hour
Align Your Hip Procedure Coding
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Keep your hip procedure coding accurate and up to date by learning the latest guidance for hip arthroplasty, scope procedures, sacroiliac joint fusion and fracture treatment. Find out how to work with payer medical necessity and prior authorization policies to ensure payment.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Essential hip and pelvis anatomy and how it impacts code selection
- Key coding updates, including bundling edit and AMA guideline changes
- Payer prior authorization policies and how to comply with them
1 hour
Stretch Your Spine Coding Skills, Part 1
Alison Kuley, CPC
Strengthen your understanding of spinal anatomy, the key procedures performed and how they are coded. In Part 1, we’ll examine procedures in the 20000 code range including osteotomy, vertebral augmentation, spinal fusion and instrumentation, and how to spot and correct documentation and coding deficiencies.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Key aspects of spine anatomy that impacts coding
- Steps for code selection for procedures including arthrodesis, laminectomy and placement of spinal hardware
- Important code updates and how they will affect spine coding
- Critical spine surgery documentation and code bundling rules
1 hour
Stretch your Spine Coding Skills, Part 2
Alison Kuley, CPC
Strengthen your understanding of spinal anatomy, the key procedures performed and how they are coded. In Part 2, we’ll look at surgical procedures in the 60000 code range including disc decompression, treatment of spinal stenosis, the “spondys” and coding of new technologies and devices.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will understand:
- Key aspects of spine anatomy that impacts coding
- Steps for code selection for procedures including arthrodesis, laminectomy and placement of spinal hardware
- Important code updates and how they will affect spine coding
- Critical spine surgery documentation and code bundling rules
45 minutes
Recorded Q&A with the Speakers
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Alison Kuley, CPC
Attendees asked questions in this Recorded Q&A session.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
Speakers
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Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, brings over 28 years of experience in the healthcare arena. She got her start in healthcare at 18, tried and mastered almost every role, excluding provider. Jessyka found her true passion in coding, billing, and education. Currently, she is an independent consultant for coding and billing for pain, orthopedics, and ambulatory surgery centers, as well as a regional practice administrator for a podiatry practice in Seattle, WA. She also serves as a subject matter expert for AAPC, HCPRO, ASCA, and Healthcare Inspired, LLC, and is on the Advisory Board for Healthcare Inspired, LLC for Orthopedics, Pain Management, and ASC billing. |
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Nancy M. Enos, FACMPE, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, is a principal of Enos Medical Coding. Mrs. Enos has 40 years of experience in the practice management field. Nancy was a practice manager for 18 years before she joined LighthouseMD in 1995 as the Director of Physician Services and Compliance Officer. In July 2008 Nancy established an independent consulting practice, Enos Medical Coding. Nancy provides coding certification courses, outsourced coding services, chart auditing, coding training and consultative services and seminars in CPT and ICD-10 Coding, Evaluation and Management coding and documentation, and Compliance Planning. Nancy frequently speaks on coding, compliance and reimbursement issues to audiences including National, State and Sectional MGMA conferences, and at hospitals in the provider community specializing in primary care and surgical specialties. Nancy is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives. |
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Alison Kuley, CPC, Revenue Cycle Coding Supervisor, Legacy Brain & Spine. As a Certified Professional Coder for nearly 20 years, Alison Kuley is one of the nation’s preeminent experts in the field of spine coding. Clients around the country seek out Alison for guidance on complex coding cases. Prior to her current position at Legacy Brain & Spine, Alison was senior spine coder at the national medical billing company nimble Solutions. Alison has also worked at a large orthopedic group where she managed the entire revenue cycle staff. With her extensive experience of orthopedics and spine, Alison is an expert in process, procedures and reimbursement. methodologies in these complex and ever-changing. specialties. She works closely with her clients to make sure they are compliant and understands what is needed to code these cases accurately. Alison has shared her knowledge as a speaker on complex spine and pain coding for Becker’s ASC Review and has presented at several industry conferences. |
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Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, COC, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR, has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare arena, including more than 20 years in orthopedic coding, billing, and reimbursement. Vaught frequently performs internal audits, provides education and training to physicians and office staff, and helps clinics establish billing and compliance policies. She is an advisor on orthopedic coding to the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance, and she helped develop the Advanced Orthopedic Coding credentialing exam. Vaught has contributed many articles to the AAOS Bulletin and has served as technical advisor to the DecisionHealth publications Medical Practice Coding Pro and the Orthopedic Coder’s Pink Sheet. |
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Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, CSFAC, CPODCS, COCS, CMSCS, is a practicing podiatrist and Certified Professional Coder who speaks nationwide on foot and ankle coding as well as durable medical equipment coding and compliance, among other topics. Dr. Warshaw is the author of numerous articles as well as the 2024 Podiatry Coding Manual, published by the American College of Podiatric Medicine. In addition, he specializes in forensic medical coding and has served as an auditor and expert witness in civil and criminal healthcare cases across the U.S. |
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
Pricing
Retail price: $399.00
Group pricing is as follows:
- 2-10 attendees = each attendee receives 10% discount off retail price
- 11-15 attendees = each attendee receives 15% discount off retail price
- 16-20 attendees = each attendee receives 20% discount off retail price
- 21 or more attendees = each attendees receive 25% discount off retail price
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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
Continuing Education
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 10.5 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 10.5 continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting of Approved CEUs from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program provider.
BMSC
This program is approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for 9 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Orthopedics - On-Demand
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