Essentials of IR Coding and the Revenue Cycle

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT

Location: Music City Center, 205 A

CE: 1.25

Content Level: 100 (foundational)

Coordinator(s)

Joseph Miller, MD, MS

Director Interventional Radiology
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, United States
Julie Bulman, MD, RPVI

Assistant Professor of Radiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, United States

Everything a practicing IR needs to know about revenue and reimbursement. Session discusses why a physician gets paid. the ethics of reporting, and the ethos of the CPT/ICD systems. Overview of missed sources of reportable services with emphasis on the ins and outs of inpatient and outpatient E/M, provider-to-provider services, and changing rules regarding telehealth. Plus a look at how SIR's Economics team took percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation from concept to reimbursement with RUC/CPT.

Learning Objectives:

Identify opportunities to increase reporting of work that is already being performed, with knowledge of the documentation needed for each.
Recognize and avoid common compliance pitfalls to prevent payment denials and reporting mistakes.
Understand the work SIR does to support the creation of new procedural codes while maintaining existing codes.

Presentations:

8:30 AM – 8:39 AM CT

CPT Crash Course: High-value Concepts in IR Coding
Speaker: Joseph M. Miller, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
8:39 AM – 8:48 AM CT

Ins and Outs: E/M Coding in IR
Speaker: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
8:48 AM – 8:57 AM CT

The Ethics of Reporting and Reimbursement
Speaker: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA – Emory University School of Medicine
8:57 AM – 9:06 AM CT

Understanding the CPT Panel and RUC
Speaker: Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9:06 AM – 9:15 AM CT

Commonly Missed Revenue
Speaker: Melody W. Mulaik, MS – Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies LLC
9:15 AM – 9:24 AM CT

How We Did It
Speaker: Marlee Croissy, MD – Carolina East Radiology
9:24 AM – 9:33 AM CT

Overview of the Revenue Cycle
Speaker: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA – Emory University School of Medicine
9:33 AM – 9:45 AM CT

Q&A