Title: Minor Skin Procedures in the Office

Presenter: Betty A. Hovey, BSHAM, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CPC-P, CPMA, CEMC, CCS-P, CDIP, Senior Consultant and Owner of Compliant Health Care Solutions

Time: 1:02:02 Hours

Description: Most codes for dermatologic minor procedures revolve around numbers—numbers of lesions, size of lesions, and length of repairs. Precise documentation matters. Betty Hovey discusses minor skin procedures, attending anatomy, coding guidelines and instructions, including bundling, and tips for compliance.

Objectives:

• Gain a clear understanding of skin anatomy to provide context for the coding and procedural aspects of minor in-office skin procedures.
• Learn to accurately interpret and apply coding guidelines for biopsies, lesion destructions, skin tag removals, and repairs, while avoiding common coding and billing errors.
• Develop strategies to ensure compliance with billing regulations by improving documentation practices and applying tips from the provided coding guidelines and examples.

Key Topics:

• Skin Anatomy
• Biopsies
• Skin Tag Removal
• Lesion Destruction
• Shaves
• Lesion Excision
• Closures
• Questions

Compliant Health Care Solutions

Betty is a nationally recognized health care consultant and speaker. She is an expert auditor and loves to help practices stay compliant and profitable. Betty's philosophy is, "Physicians work hard for their patients and they should be paid properly for what they do."

Betty brings over thirty years of healthcare experience. She has worked for practices both large and small with the same intensity and attention. She has spent years on the "front lines" for practices handling medical billing, coding, claims, and denials.  She has also managed practices and directed health care system departments. Her areas of specialization include Evaluation and Management, Primary Care, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, GI, E/M and procedural auditing, and ICD-10-CM.

Compliant Health Care Solutions is a consulting firm that provides compliant solutions to issues for all types of health care entities: solo practices, physician groups, physician offices, health care systems, care facilities, and payors.

https://chcs.consulting/