ZHealth Medical Coding Seminars – Session Descriptions and Schedule

for Interventional Radiology, Cardiology & Vascular-Endovascular Surgery Medical Coding Educational Conferences

There are four coding sessions that you can choose for each ZHealth Seminar, and you can choose any or all of the four. Plus the daily schedule below is the same at each as well.

Which Coding Seminar Sessions should you sign up for? Here are Dr. Z’s recommendations.

Non-Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding
Price: $300
(CEUs: AAPC - 3.5, ASRT - 4.0, AHIMA - 4.0, RCCB - 3.5)
This half-day session reviews anatomy and focuses on coding guidelines for non-vascular interventions. This includes (but is not limited to) the following: biliary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, spinal, and breast interventions along with biopsies, drainages, ablations, and fiducial markers.

Introduction to Vascular Coding (with Emphasis on Catheter Selections)
Price: $300
(CEUs: AAPC - 4.0, ASRT - 5.0, AHIMA - 5.0, RCCB - 4.0)
This half-day session focuses on basic catheter selection coding. It is intended for newcomers, but is also for intermediate coders. Catheter placement coding today is integral to IR, endovascular, and cardiovascular procedures. Important concepts are taught, including the concept of vascular families, the importance of variant anatomy, selective vs. non-selective catheter placements, and a discussion of S&I codes that must be performed selectively and S&I codes that include catheter placements. Many examples are given to facilitate learning of catheter placement codes, as well as an introduction to basic S&I angiographic codes. This session is given at a slow pace with much repetition and opportunity for questions. At the conclusion, the attendee will be comfortable with the concepts and rules to choose the correct catheter placement code(s).

Diagnostic and Interventional Vascular Coding
Price: $1,200
(CEUs: AAPC - 14.0, ASRT - 15.0, AHIMA - 15.0, RCCB - 13)
This two-day session covers a "best practice" scenario for coding and billing vascular procedures for physicians and hospitals, along with pitfalls that commonly reduce coding and billing accuracy rates. This is followed by a review of terminology, anatomy, and physiology pertinent to the vascular system. There is focus on catheter placements and diagnostic angiography of the arterial, venous, portal, and pulmonary systems. Interventional procedures in the vascular system that are reviewed include the following: central venous access, IVC filter placement, foreign body retrieval, venous sampling, angioplasty, atherectomy, stent placement, stent graft placement, infusion therapy, embolization, thrombectomy, dialysis intervention, TIPS, and neurointerventional procedures.

Cardiology - Diagnostic, Interventional, and Electrophysiology Coding
Price: $600
(CEUs: AAPC - 5.5, ASRT - 6.5, AHIMA - 6.0)
This one-day session is an in-depth discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology procedures, including the specific rules regarding the coding of angiography, coronary arterial and cardiac chamber interventions, diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology procedures, pacemaker and ICD procedures, and a very brief overview of peripheral vascular procedures that are performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory during or separate from a cardiac catheterization**. Pediatric cardiac catheterization and interventions are also discussed. **Those involved with peripheral interventions performed in the cath lab should consider also attending one or both of the following sessions: "Diagnostic and Interventional Vascular Coding" and "Introduction to Vascular Coding", as peripheral vascular procedures performed in the cath lab are only briefly discussed in the cardiology session.

Seminar Schedule



**Please note that on Tuesday, lunch will begin at 12:15pm instead of 12:00pm. Thank you.