Accreditation Statements

Intended Audience

This accredited educational activity is designed specifically for plastic surgeons and their office staff teams, including office administrators, practice managers, billing companies and billing/coding specialists. Residents and fellows are also encouraged to attend the program.

*When registering for this meeting, please enter the name and contact information of the intended participant (i.e. learner) for the Coding Workshop.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this live virtual activity, participants should be able to do the following:

• Recognize when to append modifiers to a procedure code to optimize payment.
• Discuss the impact of modifiers on global periods and reimbursement.
• Identify areas for improvement in documenting plastic surgery procedures.
• Identify new CPT codes, updates and payment policies affecting plastic surgery for 2025.
• Review surgical coding for breast, flaps and grafts, gender surgery, hand and craniofacial to ensure accurate reimbursement.
• Identify CPT coding concepts, specific to skin lesion removal, lacerations and wound debridement procedures.