Coding Alerts Primer Education Resources Links

Welcome to SCCM's online resource for coding & billing issues.

Coding & Billing for Critical Care requires knowledge of many different requirements and references, from the Critical Care CPT codes to CMS guidelines on documentation. Assembled here are a variety of resources designed to help you identify best practices and get answers to specific questions you have.

Contacts

Eric Chandler
Manager of Professional Affairs
+1 847.827.6866
echandler@sccm.org

Ann Cox
Program Development Coordinator
+1 847.827.6990
acox@sccm.org

Coding Alerts

NEW! Post Graduate Course (PGC) Part of Excellence Course. An all-day Coding & Billing PGC is scheduled for Thursday, September 21st in Baltimore, prior to the two-day Excellence in Quality & Safety in Critical Care . New codes for 2006 will be reviewed, including the OIG targets of consultation codes; a session on telemedicine; and expanded material relevant to administrative management. Two Q&A panels (one with a Medicare payor and the other with a hospital administrator) also are planned. Click here for the draft course schedule, or visit the Excellence page here to register.

COMING SOON Second Edition of Coding and Billing for Critical Care. A thoroughly updated version of the Society's practice guide dedicated to reimbursement and administrative management for critical care is in final production.  The second edition contains a new chapter on non-critical care codes frequently used by critical care providers; expanded material on non-physician providers (NPPs); and updated codes for 2006.  Look for it in April!

Coding Alerts Archives

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