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Activity Description
The STS 2025 Coding Workshop: Best Practices for Cardiothoracic Surgery provides coders, surgeons, and billing professionals with the latest updates to CPT and physician coding and reimbursement. Sessions include recordings of panel discussions and Q&A responding to scenario-based questions submitted by attendees before and during the meeting, and challenging coding examples.
Additionally, participants will have access to supplemental online content to enhance their coding knowledge. This educational event covers coding specific to cardiothoracic surgery, with concentrations in Evaluation and Management (E/M) visits, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery (Esophagus, Mediastinum, Pulmonary), and Vascular Surgery. The program also focuses on physician reimbursement issues affecting the entire specialty.
| Pricing | |
| STS Members and Their Employees* | $300 |
| Non-Members and Staff Unaffiliated with an STS Member | $350 |
*An STS Member ID (6 digits) is required to receive the discounted member rate. For help with an STS Member ID, contact Member Services.
If you registered to attend the Coding Workshop prior to March 1, 2025, go here to access the materials: 2025 STS Coding Workshop: Best Practices for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Target Audience
Cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiothoracic surgery coders, office managers, medical billing specialists, physician assistants, nurses, and anyone else involved in the coding, reimbursement, and compliance efforts for the CT surgery office.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify CPT codes, updates and payment policies affecting cardiothoracic surgery coding.
- Relate the importance of specificity and identification of services provided in a patient encounter.
- Recognize coding and reimbursement criteria in order to identify and capture relevant documentation elements efficiently.
- Explain common coding issues for each subspecialty and how they should be reported and resolved.
- Discuss the E/M modifiers and guidelines.
- Summarize the necessary documentation and regulations relevant to critical care and cardiothoracic surgery E/M services.
Accreditation Statement
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 28.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants (PAs) may claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this activity.
Note: Physicians claiming CME do not need to complete the CEU post-tests.
Continuing Education Credits
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 28.0 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
Available Credit
- 28.00 ABS Accredited CME
- 28.00 ABTS Accredited CME
- 28.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 28.00 CEUs