Description
In this course we take a look at common procedures performed in the emergency department such as laceration repairs, incision and drainage, and foreign body removals… just to name a few. We will take a detailed look at laceration repairs, and other integumentary procedure code guidelines as well as discuss documentation requirements and walk through chart examples to help you feel confident when making your CPT code selections.
Objectives:
- Define a simple, intermediate, and complex wound closure
- Identify a simple versus complicated incision and drainage code based the procedure note
- Select the correct codes for cyst procedures based on documentation
View Q&A: https://www.thehaugengroup.com/coding-ed-integumentary-procedures/
View a snippet of the presentation on HCGTV: https://youtu.be/qWlIPM455Fw
Presenter
Emily Lomaquahu, CPC, CPMA, CEDC
Emily is a Senior Coding Quality Auditor for Haugen Consulting Group and brings over a decade of experience to the profee team! She began her career as an auditor and with her keen eye for detail, she quickly found it was a perfect fit. Emily thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys creating high-quality trainings to help providers and coders navigate charts and improve their accuracy.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, in Denver. Emily specializes in Evaluation and Management (E/M), Primary Care, Anesthesia, Emergency Department, and Neurology, though she says Anesthesia and Neurology are her favorites! She is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA), and Certified Emergency Department Coder (CEDC).
CE Credits
AHIMA – Expires October 15, 2026
This webinar has been approved for 1 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.
- Domain: Data Structure, Content, and Information Governance
AAPC –Expires October 30, 2026
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 1 continuing education hour. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
- Specialty CEUs: COC, CPC, CPC-P, CEDC, CPB, CPCD, CPCO, CPMA, CPPM, CPRC
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Love the pictures and the lady speaks very well and down to earth.
Love the practice coding examples, especially the report that looks like my facility’s ED report.
As an ED coder, there has been many discussions at our facility regarding the “extensive cleansing” when the provider documents what looks like a simple lac repair but then always lists extensive cleaning. Some at our facility think that just because it is listed by the provider we need to do intermediate but I never felt comfortable doing this. Glad to have this clarified and will share this with our coding group!
I struggle with comprehending the undermining of lac repairs. Thank you for the great explanation.
Great webinar. I would suggest to our presenter spoke very fast and it was hard to keep up with and take notes. ,